Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Darkness ❯ Chapter 13 ( Chapter 12 )

Disclaimer: I don’t own Yu-Gi-Oh   A/N: Something big is coming, you won’t know what and you won’t know when…but something is coming!   Oh, and I carry this on like a soap opera because that’s how it has to be.  And for those of you that guessed, I’ll need e-mail to tell you who is right or no one will know until the end of this story!  I know, I’m evil.   Broken Darkness   Chapter 13   Yugi        I have school again today but I feel all right leaving Yami now, he seems really strong and I think he got all of his memories back.  He has seemed a little distant though, he did on Sunday but he just told me that was because he was thinking about things and trying to sort through his thoughts.  I didn’t mind much, I was still trying to sort through my own thoughts so we both had barriers up against one another so our thoughts couldn’t be shared between us, especially the embarrassing ones, I was sorting through a few of those right now.  I had to tell him, and I was sure I passed up plenty of already perfect opportunities but still…I wasn’t sure!      “Hey Yugi, how was your weekend?” Anzu asked as I sat down at my desk.      “It was good,” I replied as I got out my books.  I didn’t know now if she still liked Yami or not, and I fully understood why I now felt a pang of jealousy when I thought about her crush, not that I would tell her.  My friends were completely unaware that I thought I might be gay…well, at this point I knew I was gay.  The only one who really knew was Kaiba…and he was trying to use that to his advantage, although I still remembered what Mokuba had told me about him liking Jou.  I wasn’t going to tell unless I had to, if Seto was trying to ruin my life, I would ruin his I guess.  I just didn’t want to ruin Jou’s if he felt the same way…not that he’d probably admit it to me.      “What’d you and Yami do?” Jou asked, pulling up a chair to join us.      “We went to an amusement park,” I said, “Yami had a lot of fun.”      “Did you?” Jou asked.      “Of course I had fun, why wouldn’t I?” I asked.      “No reason,” he said and smiled his big smile, “Hey, what’s going on with Kaiba today?  Look, doesn’t he just look all out of it?”      I turned my head to look at him, and my eyes widened, “Yeah, he looks…afraid or something…”      “Go talk to him,” Anzu said.      “Why me?” I asked, “He…He…”      “You’re the only one who really considered him a friend among all of us, so you should go talk to him,” Anzu said.      “Anzu, that’s the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard!” Jou said, “Yugi ain’t going to be the one to talk to Kaiba.”
     “Would you?” Anzu countered.      “Why the hell would I?”      “Guys, stop fighting,” I interrupted, “You’re right, I should go talk to him, I need to settle a few things with him.”      “You do?” Jou and Anzu asked in unison and I nodded.      “Yeah, I actually do.  So I’ll go talk to him, see what’s wrong and see if I can’t settle some stuff with him,” I said, knowing full well I’d be asked later what I had to settle with him in the first place.  Jou would probably think it had something to do with what happened a while ago, which it did.  I stood up and walked over to Seto’s desk and he looked up at me, narrowing his eyes as he did so.      “What do you want?”      “I think we need to talk,” I said and his eyes searched my face for something before giving me a nod and standing.      “Come with me,” he said, “We need to talk in private.”  I nodded my agreement and we walked out of the classroom, my friends who had been watching looking puzzled as we exited the classroom.  I gulped slightly, I hoped I could get the upper hand in this game of his or at the least find out what he was planning in terms of using my up in the air sexuality against me, or Yami’s perhaps, for that matter.  I didn’t know how much he knew.      “We need to talk about this game you’ve started,” I began and he leaned back against the wall in a space between a sink and the towels.      “Mokuba told me a few things,” he began, “And he told me about my…affection for a certain mutt.”      “Yeah, that too,” I said, “But now we’re both at a cross roads.”
     “Are we?  You wouldn’t tell your best friend something that could be a lie, would you?”      “It’s not a lie,” I said, narrowing my eyes.      “It might as well be,” he said, narrowing his eyes to glare back at me, “For all you know, Mokuba could have been making it up.  Ever hear the saying ‘hear it straight from the horse’s mouth?’”      “I’ve heard that but I don’t think Mokuba would lie when you’re heart would be on the line,” I said, emphasizing the word ‘heart’. “Besides, your brother cares too much to lie about you or what your feeling, when you show emotion at all.”
     He nodded, “Well, you do have a point.  All it took for you to grow up was one week after that Yami character left you…”      “Shut up he’s not dead!” I said, showing more emotion than I probably should have.      “Of course, that character who’s been regaining memories in your house is most certainly someone who returned to the underworld less than three weeks ago,” he said.      “What’s your deal?  Why the hell do you want to get into my affairs anyway?” I asked angrily.      “Little Yugi is showing emotion.  I guess you really much love him, am I correct?” he asked, leaning forward and looking into my eyes.      “What the hell do you want?”      “Such language.”
     “I’ll ask again, what the hell do you want?” I asked, feeling over protective and out of my own comfort zone.  I wish I had Yami here to help defend me.  No…I had to be strong, for both of us.  Yami couldn’t always be there for me, as hard as it was; I had to defend myself now!      “I want a duel, not with you though, with your ‘Yami’,” Seto murmured and I heard every word perfectly, “If he truly is the original ‘King of Games’ that is the title I want, the first.  The one from you is a hand-me-down.  That’s not the title I want.”      “That’s it?  You’re playing this game and that’s all you want?  I’m sure he’d give it to you, I don’t think he’d even care anymore!” I exclaimed, “I can’t believe you’ll torment me in various ways just to get a stupid title!  I won’t even bother telling Jou, you don’t deserve him if that’s the pathetic excuse you give for…for doing what you did to me!  For threatening me like that!”  Seto backed off and leaned back against the wall.  He looked hurt, really hurt.  This proved he loved Jou, really loved him…well, it would in a minute if he would set aside his stupid game…and go after him!      Isn’t that what I should be doing?       No one said anything for a long time.      “I’m sorry,” Seto said after a while, breaking the silence.  His head was bowed and it seemed to take him a lot of effort in order to say those few words.      “Sorry for what?” I asked stubbornly.      “For…For, being an ass.  That should about sum it up, right?” he asked and looked at me, his eyes shining with sorrow.  He really must love Jou, and didn’t want to ruin any chance with him…if he had one.      “I accept your apology then,” I said, “You really don’t want to spoil any chance, do you?”      He laughed sadly, “I’m really pathetic, aren’t I?”  Wait…Seto Kaiba, CEO of Kaiba Corp just laughed!      “What?” I asked.      “You heard me,” he said, “I just called myself pathetic.  Playing a game with you, when I could end up loosing more than just a title…”      “Are you being serious?” I asked.      “Unfortunately I am,” he said and sank to the ground, “Jou…ever since we started fighting one another…I wanted him.  He was a mutt, still is, but he was my mutt.  I just… he just…I just wanted him to be mine forever.”      “But then you loose him to something you can’t control,” I said, lowering my head to the ground. “And once you get him back…you can’t tell him.”
     “I don’t think we’re talking about the game anymore,” Seto said pitifully, “We’re talking about our inability to put aside everything and just tell the ones we love we love them.”      “You’re the one who started it,” I pointed out.      “Now I’m ending it,” Seto said, “In the end, I’m always defeated…this time, by love.”      “As am I,” I said.      “All that in such a short conversation in the bathroom,” Seto said.      “We’re both pathetic,” I said.      “I just wanted something…but it’s not really what I should be going after, is it?” he asked.      “I’m just afraid,” I whispered.      “I have a new game,” Seto said suddenly, “A proposition of sorts.”      “What?” I asked, “Let me hear it.”      “We both make this a game…a game for each other to win what we want…what we desire,” he said.      “To tell our loves how we feel,” I said.      “That sounds good to me,” he said.      “So now we’re working together rather than…”      “Being rivals.  It’s a new feeling.”      “I don’t know…can you do it?  I’ve always considered you a friend; you’re the one who…”      “I’m a jerk, I know,” Seto said and lifted his head, his eyes twinkling with renewed energy, “But this time I have to try.  I don’t want to loose Jou, and you don’t want to loose Yami.”      “Yes,” I agreed.  To myself I kept thinking of how I had to be, how much courage I needed to pass this, to get over my fear and tell Yami…to tell Atemu.      “Both of us have to get past our issues,” Seto said, “But that’s later.  We need to get to class; I don’t want to be in trouble…or having you in trouble because of this.”  I sighed and laughed, this could work after all.  But how would we be able to help one another?

TBC   A/N: If this chapter sucks and you think it sucks, I understand.  Review anyways; I just needed to put the Seto issue to the side to make way for something big.  Read the top author note just to make sure if you think you know what the big thing is!