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Chapter 9

Seto blinked blankly for a moment or two as Yugi stood smiling at him. He blinked again wondering if he heard correctly.

"Alive?"

"Yes Seto, he's been asking to see you too."

"Why didn't they tell me? I thought he was dead!" Seto said and his whole face changed from one of despair to one of relief and happiness.

"I guess they thought you must know." Yugi said and shrugged.

"Where is he? I want to see him." Seto said not wanting to be away from his love for a moment longer.

"Well I can go ask someone for you if you like." Yugi said grinning at his friend's urgent tone. Seto had changed so much because of Jou. He used to be selfish and arrogant but not he was completely different. He was still a ruthless businessman but now he allowed himself to have friends to share things with.

Yugi disappeared leaving Seto along again with his thoughts.

He could hardly believe that Jou had survived and they would be together again soon. He found he was smiling and reflected on the change that had happened to him during the last few months. They had been through so much together but now they could concentrate on enjoying each other. He wondered if they could perhaps extend the family a bit via adoption and decided to put the idea to Jou when they were out of hospital.

Yugi returned a few minutes later smiling.

"The doctor says that Jou is well enough for you to see him and to be honest I think he would have crawled to you. He's been tearing his hair out wanting to see you.2 he grinned and Seto chuckled.

"Why doesn't that surprise me?" he said.

They sat chatting for a while until a voice drifted to them from somewhere down the corridor.

"Come on hurry up I want to see him."

The door opened and Jou was pushed through in a wheelchair. He looked as if he was about to leap from it into Seto's arms but a hand on his shoulder from the nurse pushing him stopped him.

"Don't strain too much Katsuya, you don't want to burst your stitches." She said and pushed him over to the bed.

Seto reached over and gently pulled his pup close to him.

Yugi and the nurse left them to their reunion and Yugi decided to go home and fill Yami in on the events that had happened. He hadn't come to the hospital as he had had to work that day but Yugi had a day off from his job.

For long moments Seto and Jou held each other. Seto had thought he would never again do this and a tear or sheer relief and happiness rolled down his face. They finally pulled apart and Jou saw the tear.

"Don't cry." He said.

"I'm not I'm just so happy that you're safe. I thought you were dead."

"So did I." The blonde said soberly thinking just how lucky he was to have come through everything with nothing but a scar in his side.

Seto and Jou were discharged from hospital a few days later. Seto's legs were weak and he couldn't walk properly yet but the doctors told him that he would be up and about properly when he was healed.

Jou had fun pushing Seto out of the hospital. He kept almost running into the walls making Seto cry out for him to stop! His stomach was still sore from the cuts that Ushio had given him and the laughing wasn't helping but he didn't care he was just happy.

Over the following weeks, they both healed and Seto started walking properly again with the help of his personal physiotherapist. Seto thought that nothing could come close to the happiness he was feeling.

Jou was finally slowly coming off the Methodone and was down to a very minor dosage now much to his relief. He knew it was Seto's constant encouragement that allowed him to do it. He looked forwards to the day when he would be off it completely.

Seto had found Jou's father a job in his company and had arranged for him to have a better apartment in the city close to where he worked.

Much to Jou's delight his mother had allowed his sister to come and live with him and Seto in the mansion and recently it seemed that his mum and dad were patching things up and seeing each other again. He couldn't be happier.

Seto had talked about adoption with Jou and he had been all for the idea and in spite of his past drugs use, it seemed that they would be successful though it was a very long process they were confident that one day they would have a child to bring up as their own.

Having once been on the wrong path in his life, Jou knew he was now well and truly on the right path and as he lay in Seto's arms each night he knew his life was complete.

Owari (the end)

There you go all done! I know this was a short chapter but hey it really is the end of the story and I am being badgered to update Soul Mate hehe