Angel: I do not own YGO! NO! I'm not talkative today... SO BUSY!
3rd PERSON P.O.V.
Jou was sitting at the table talking with his sister while Seto went to sign him out of the hospital Psych Ward. It felt weird. Seeing Seto after such a long time.
"'Ren... I don't know who he is... How do I know he's the same person as before...?"
"Jou. Things have changed. But Kaiba is still the same as before. You're the only one who ever changed him. But..."
Jou was getting agitated now. 'What are they keeping from me?'
"What's wrong 'Ren? What happened?"
"I'll let Kaiba tell you."
Jou and Serenity sat silently in that little conference room. Jou was tapping his fingers on the table and starring at the mirror wall in front of him. He always knew someone was back there. But who? Why do they watch him? Why does it feel like they are judging him?
That feeling was overwhelming Jou. If the feeling of being watched didn't stop soon, he was going to throw something at the wall. Break it. And possible the people behind it. But at that moment, Seto walked back in the room. Waving a small stack of papers in his left hand, like they were the most important thing in the world.
"Let's go Puppy." Seto whispered in his ear.
Jou pushed Seto away and said, "I'm coming. Don't touch me."
Surprised, Seto just turned around and waited for Jou to start following him. After a moment of silence, the three of them, including Serenity, began walking out of the building. Serenity said her good byes to Jou and went to her car to go home.
Jou's P.O.V.
What is he hiding from me? What did Serenity mean? Why do I feel like something bad will happen?
I pushed him away from me again. He tried to touch me. I don't want him to touch me. So I just got into his car. It's a different car then the one he brought me here in. Although I have been here for 3 years. But, why does everything seem different. Everyone looks so lonely. Angry. Sad. What happened to everyone?
"Seto? What happened?" I was looking out the window. Watching the people mill around. Watching them talk. Watching them do things that I used to do. But they looked so dazed.
"What do you mean Puppy?" That voice. It's not the same as it was earlier. It's not the same. And his eyes. They changed so much. They aren't as happy and bright as they used to be. They are dull and depressed.
"Why wouldn't Serenity tell me?" It's all different. Even I have changed so much. But not as much as them.
"Joey... I'm sorry." Why is there so much sadness? Why is there so much anger? What made everyone change? I looked around outside. We had stopped. But I don't recognize this place. Who are these people? What is this place?
"What do you mean Seto? What's happened?" I can sense the overwhelming anger. The pain and sadness. But what does it mean? Why is it there? Why is it inside of everyone? What has happened to this world?
"Joey. I have to show you something." He stepped out of the car and walked over to my side and opened the door. I pushed away the hand that he held out for me. I don't want to feel this sadness that dwells within these souls. I don't want to become a lifeless corpse as have these people. Why must this feeling overwhelm everything? Its like a plague. Spreading from one person to the next. The deception that binds us has collapsed. There are no longer to young lovers sitting on a park bench holding each other. There is no old couple fighting over where they will go. There is no business man yelling at his employees. There are no cats and dogs arguing over there territory. Everything has changed. The world is dark and cold. When once it was bright and happy. I can sense the sadness of the earth. Praying for her family to become what once they were. Praying that the sun will shine on her people once more. That the gods will take pity on these condemned souls.
"Joey. You have to wake up from this nightmare and see what is right in front of you. My Puppy. All you see is sadness. But what you feel inside can help you revive this world. Your bright cheerful smile can let me live again. All you have to do is open your eyes and smile. Let me see your eyes in the sunshine once more my precious Puppy. Let me take you somewhere that we can be together. Let me see you as pleased with life as you once were. This dark and dreary world that your living in is killing us both. Puppy. You need to bring out the light in your heart. Let it beat for this world once more."
Why is he speaking in riddles? My eyes are as open as the world will ever let them be. My smile is as bright as the sun is in the sky. But I can't feel it. I can't feel the warmth. This dark world is swallowing everything inside. Taking us away from where we belong. Taking the life from our very bodies. Engulfing each soul in turn. Like a shinigami take our souls at death. This earth has her own 'Death Note'. A book of the dead. Every name ever recorded is the name of death. My father. My mother. Tristan. Tea. Mai. Duke. I would have been there. But I'm not. I'm still alive. Why must I live to be tortured by the souls of the dead? To be surrounded by this deep sadness. This depression and anger. Why must I be the way I am?
"Joey. Just wake up for me. Please. Wake up and show me your beautiful brown eyes and that wonderful smile. Take this sadness that engulf us all and lock it away. Never let it out again Joey. Take your sadness back into your hideaway. And keep it there eternally. Take everything you have unleashed upon this world and lock it inside your Pandora's Box. Lock it and hide it away. Never to be opened again. Joey. Live again for me. Live so that we can be happy once more!"
"I don't understand Seto. I'm as alive as I ever will be. This world is what is taking us away. This world is what is engulfing us."
TBC!
Angel: Wow... I was in a dark mood today...
Ryan: ...That... Was just plain weird...
Angel: Yes. Yes it was. REVIEW!
