A/N: The rating is now T from M.
Dragon: What the hell are you saying?
Pharaoh: I said I don't want to be with you!
Pharaoh: Let's end our relationship NOW!
Dragon: That's not true you, Yami!
Pharaoh: Just let go of me…
Pharaoh: Just…
Dragon: NO! I won't Yami! I love you.
Pharaoh: I don't love you.
Pharaoh: I hate you!
Dragon: Yami… Don't do this…
Pharaoh: You killed Yugi.
Dragon: I thought that was settled?
Pharaoh: You know what? Ever since you came into my life, my life has never been peaceful as before.
Pharaoh: You RUINED my life Kaiba!
Dragon: You're just being subjective Yami. This isn't you…
Dragon: You're lying to me and most especially to yourself…
Pharaoh: I hate you
Pharaoh: Let go of me…
Dragon: You know from the bottom of your heart that you're lying to yourself.
Pharaoh: I don't want this to continue…
Dragon: I love you, Yami. Please, let's talk. I don't want to lose you...
Pharaoh: Kaiba, how many times must I repeat myself?
Pharaoh: I HATE YOU!
Pharaoh: I DON'T LOVE YOU ANYMORE!
Pharaoh: Besides, I'm only using you.
Dragon: …you're just using me?
Pharaoh: Yes
Dragon: Yami, we need to talk, face to face.
Pharaoh: I don't want to. I want this to end NOW.
Dragon: Yami, wait…
Pharaoh: Kaiba, GOODBYE!
Pharaoh has signed out. (03/13/2006 10:20)
Chapter Three: Destruction
Five months after the incident
The sound of the clock is the only thing he can hear. He glanced at the said thing and sighed in bewilderment. He wondered if everything was in order.
The room was indeed quiet (except of course with the clock) and all Yugi's toys are in place. Books were scattered on the floor like he would always do whenever he's studying. The study table near the window was the place in which the little boy spends most of him time dealing with a lot of stuff like fixing his duel cards and underneath that thick glass was a collage of Anzu's pictures.
Yami was sitting at one corner on the bed and as he stare at his third finger. Inserted is a ring decorated with two blue dragons facing each other, their eyes covered with diamonds and between their noses; was a big fourteen carat diamond.
The ex-pharaoh gazed at the ring; his crimson eyes filled with happiness. The ring came from none other than Seto Kaiba, his Dragon, his lover, and his life and his mind started to wander into the world of ecstasy; a world in which he often visits most of the time.
Then a voice brought him back to the world of living.
"Yugi…! Dinner's ready" said a voice.
"Coming!" Yami answered back and immediately placed the ring back to the small blue box and placed it under his pillow. Afterwards, he went downstairs.
"Grandpa, what's for dinner?" Yami said in a happy voice as he sat on the chair.
"Guess what, Yugi-boy!" Grandpa said as he placed the food on the table…
"Wow! Hamburgers!" Yami happily said, "Grandpa, you really knew that I love hamburgers!"
"Of course!" Grandpa answered, "Only you, my Yugi, love my cooking, especially when it comes to hamburgers."
The two laughed and ate while they shared all the events that took place for the day.
"You seem to be happy today, Yugi." Grandpa said, "What happened? Is it about Anzu?"
Yami tried to blush even in the slightest shade, "Uhm…" his words vanished to thin air as he tried to blush, "Yes, it's about Anzu… I mean… we're…."
But before Yami could finish his statement Grandpa burst out laughing, "Yugi, you've really grown up my boy."
Yami felt that he was blushing, "No, I'm not." He said, "I'm not yet eighteen!"
Grandpa didn't say anything; he just laughed at his grandson's actions.
-FLASHBACK-
Yami was at the kitchen making Oatmeal Cookies for Yugi when the bowl he was using to mix all the ingredients split into two. Yami immediately glanced at the clock. The short and long hand pointed at eight and nine respectively. Yami bit his lower lip.
"It's late…" he said to himself, "He even asked me to teach him make these." He then went to the plate dispenser and changed the broken bowl.
After a few minutes, Yami heard the phone ringing. He was still in the process of mixing all the ingredients. Yami thought of letting the answering machine do the job but when he thought of the time, it might be Yugi whose whereabouts are still unknown.
Yami went to the living room to where the phone was ringing. He placed the bowl between his chest and left arm as he used his free hand to pick up the phone.
"Hello. Mutou residence, how may I help you?" He said as he placed the handset between his right shoulder and neck.
There was silence; a long annoying silence. Yami waited for a response from the other line but he heard nothing.
"Hello?" Yami asked once again.
"Yami…" said a voice in a low, sad voice. Yami knew the owner of that voice and it registered immediately to his mind that something is wrong with the person on the other line.
"Seto?" Yami called, "Why, what happened?"
Again, long silence.
"Seto… come on… Did something happen to you? Yami asked, "Where are you now? What happened?"
"I'm just beside your door, Yami." Seto said, "I can't say it through the phone. Yami please, you have to come out. I beg you." And Seto started, as from what Yami could hear, crying.
"Wait for me there." Was Yami's answer and without second thoughts, he placed the bowl at the table and rushed outside.
He saw Seto sitting at the wall near the main door. The brunette had positioned himself in a tuck position. Yami leaned forward to help the CEO but the latter told him to go check the car instead. The former wondered, but didn't ask questions. Yami stood up and went to the car as what Seto said. He checked for any possible scratches the car has.
"Open the back door." Seto said without even looking at Yami's shocked expression.
Yami, however, nodded. That was the first time he saw Seto like that. He's like a child sitting at once corner of the bed, hiding from all the monsters that would eat him anytime. His cerulean eyes had the dullest expression he has ever seen and the aura his eliciting was so cold
Yami opened the back door. The light inside the car instantly lit up as he pulled the handle. He saw a figure lying on the seat. He moved closer and saw his features: the boy was full of blood; and he was not breathing.
Yami gulped in surprise. This isn't true.
"I killed him Yami…." Seto said without moving from his position, "I killed Yugi."
Yami instantly closed the door and ran towards his lover and pulled the latter to an embrace.
"No you didn't, Seto…" Yami whispered as tears started to fall from his eyes, "You didn't."
-END OF FLASHBACK-
After dinner, Yami made sure that everything was finished from plates to closing the front gate. He also made sure that all the things Yugi would do especially to Grandpa are done accordingly.
Once everything is done, Yami quietly went to his room while the old man was watching his favorite comedy show. As he lied down on the bed, he again opened the small blue box and gazed at the ring.
It may seem to be a routine for anyone, who will see Yami staring repeatedly at the ring. You might even get bored or annoyed once you see him staring at the ring for the nth time. If he really wants to stare at it, why not wear it right?
For Yami, however, wearing the ring would only mean two things: first is that he wasn't serious about ending his relationship with Kaiba; and second is that Yugi's grandfather would again torture him and/or would suffer again because of his heart disease.
It was Joey and the others who told Grandpa about Yugi's death; the old man instantly slapped the ex-pharaoh's left cheek saying that it was his fault that his grandson died. If the ex-pharaoh didn't meddle with their lives, then Yugi would still be alive. He wailed as he repeatedly smacked Yami.
After the burial, the old man was rushed to the hospital because of heart attack. Yami was nervous at that time. Since Grandpa is old, he feared that Yugi might come to get him and take him to the other world. That's why he prayed hard to Yugi and to the gods not to take Grandpa away from him.
And after several hours the old man showed signs that he was alive. Once the old man woke up, Yami was happy and assisted the old man in a sitting position. The old man thanked him and the ex-pharaoh smiled back.
"Thank you… You're always with me whenever I'm like this…" the old man said, "Yugi…"
Yami's eyes widened in fear, "Grandpa, it's me…" he said, his voice was unsteady, "Yami…"
"Oh come on, Yugi…" Grandpa said jokingly, "When did you decide to change your name?"
"Grandpa, I'm not joking" Yami answered, "I'm Yami; the ex-pharaoh of Egypt..." and said many things about the millennium puzzle; the Divine cards, the shadow games and other things that would distinguish him from Yugi. He even narrated the ceremonial battle in Egypt.
Grandpa's smile suddenly vanished, "Don't play with me Yugi …" he said, and "Do you want something to happen to me?"
At that time, Yami froze at Grandpa's last statement and was almost at the brink of exploding but restrain himself. He shook his head in response to the old man's question.
"Yugi…" Grandpa said, "You're always here with me… I know now that no matter what happens, you will be here with me."
Yami didn't know if Grandpa had amnesia or something; but if what he saw was Yugi and not him; he decided to play along with the old man. And after five months, they're still playing.
Yami, however, was tired of it. He wanted the game to end. He doesn't have any reasons for it; he felt that the game MUST end now. In addition, he should be the one who has to end it.
His eyes wandered around the room searching for something; and not long enough he found it and immediately proceeded with his plan of destruction.
-To Be Continued-
A/N: I'm sorry. Really.
Anyway, thank you very much for reading this chapter. Please drop a word or two after reading. Thank you… (bows down)
Btw, all your questions (before and after this chapter) will be answered in the following chapter/s. Thank you.
-Aura Serene