Strangers When We Meet
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Yu-Gi-Oh › Yaoi - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
21
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2,571
Reviews:
87
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Currently Reading:
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Chapter Eighteen: End
STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET
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CHAPTER NINETEEN: END
There was nothing left of the man who had once been Aknadin. Seto knew that as he stared at the cloaked man, petrified and frozen in fear. The man looked at him in a way that made him feel confused and hurt, sick to his stomach that this man could be his father.
Bakura was cruel for making him face this, how long had he known this? Seto thought back to all the times he had spoken with Aknadin. He had always looked up to the priest who had shown a particular liking to Seto it had seemed. To be honest, Seto had looked upon him as a father figure, as the priest that had guided and taught him during his training.
And all the time Aknadin had known who he was and yet said nothing.
“Seto, my son...”
The words made Seto cringe, he looked to Bakura who stood watching the scene in silence. Why was Bakura doing this? Was this how he planned on getting Seto to join their side?
“Seto, you have the right to become the next pharaoh. Join us in defeating him. We can rule this world together Seto.” Aknadin held his hand out to the priest. Seto looked down at it, shaking his head.
“I’ll never become like you.” He spat, taking a step towards Atem.
Bakura scoffed, looking to Seto.
“Please come with me, Bakura.” Seto silently mouthed to the thief.
Bakura shook his head, growling low in his throat as he called his Diabound into the air.
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Those memories had been days ago now. And Seto remembered it as the moment the last traces of the Bakura he had once known had disappeared and been swallowed by the darkness that had consumed him.
Now here he was stood facing the evil that Bakura had promised he would release. He was tired and hurting, five of their priests were already dead. The city was broken and torn apart but here he stood next to Atem’s side in front of the palace as Zorc approached, the guards had set up the catapults, they had launched them repeatedly at the beast with nothing leaving a mark. Atem’s energy was low, his ba threatening to empty completely with each blow delivered.
“Pharaoh, you must let me take care of this.” Seto had tried pushing Atem back, only to have him shake his head, stepping in front of the shocked priest.
“No, Seto. I must do this.” He weakly said, sadness in his eyes for the lives he was already responsible for.
Seto didn’t understand, shaking his head in confusion at the pharaoh’s words.
“You mustn’t die, pharaoh. You are our God.”
Atem weakly smiled, placing his hand gently on Seto’s arm.
“You’ve been great, Seto.” His eyes searched Seto’s, as if looking for something that couldn’t be seen, “I wish I could remember our past.”
Seto placed his arm softly on top of the pharaoh’s, “It doesn’t matter. You remember me now.”
Atem smiled, shaking his head. “I’m sorry if I’ve hurt you.”
“I know.”
Atem nodded, turning back to face the monster.
“I must do this. I summon the three Gods!”
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“All I can think about is killing whoever did this. Killing every last one of them. I want them all to die. I want them to suffer like my family suffered.” Seto could see tears welling up in Bakura’s eyes as he went on, “Its not fair. Why did they do this? I thought the pharaoh was good. He’s no God, he’s a monster.”
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“I’ll be your friend. We can have each other.” Seto smiled, Bakura looked to him, the anger and resentment slowly fading from his eyes.
“I’ve never had a friend before.”
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“I don’t want to lose you, Bakura.” Seto quietly said, looking to the floor.
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“Everyone deserves someone.”
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“I’ve never had anyone to love, Seto. They were all taken away from me, except you...” Bakura looked to Seto, the priest watched him with wide eyes, silent tears running down his cheeks.
“But none of that seemed to matter to you..”
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Seto looked to the pharaoh who had determination set in his eyes, knowing that Atem would never falter or fail, even if it cost him his life. He was strong and lived his life full of justice and truth. He would never give in to the evil that Bakura fought for. He would always stand for what was right—that’s why he was the pharaoh.
“And I will follow my pharaoh to the end.”
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AN: Just for clarification, Aknadin really is Seto’s father. Some reviews led me to believe some weren’t familiar with this arc. But everything in this has been taken from either the anime or the manga. I know I skipped a lot with this but that part of the story is a lot more to do with Seto and his father versus Bakura and his plot—I thought going into all that would drag you away from the main focus.
REVIEW REPLIES:
mystralwind: lol aw you're so nice--i'm glad you liked my review too :)--8k is a lot when writing but not when reading certainly! i'm always tired of one shots by the end too when writing them. especially lemons lol i added you on deviant art btw!
okay my computer has gone crazy and i'll have to finish these next chapter. sorry guys :(
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CHAPTER NINETEEN: END
There was nothing left of the man who had once been Aknadin. Seto knew that as he stared at the cloaked man, petrified and frozen in fear. The man looked at him in a way that made him feel confused and hurt, sick to his stomach that this man could be his father.
Bakura was cruel for making him face this, how long had he known this? Seto thought back to all the times he had spoken with Aknadin. He had always looked up to the priest who had shown a particular liking to Seto it had seemed. To be honest, Seto had looked upon him as a father figure, as the priest that had guided and taught him during his training.
And all the time Aknadin had known who he was and yet said nothing.
“Seto, my son...”
The words made Seto cringe, he looked to Bakura who stood watching the scene in silence. Why was Bakura doing this? Was this how he planned on getting Seto to join their side?
“Seto, you have the right to become the next pharaoh. Join us in defeating him. We can rule this world together Seto.” Aknadin held his hand out to the priest. Seto looked down at it, shaking his head.
“I’ll never become like you.” He spat, taking a step towards Atem.
Bakura scoffed, looking to Seto.
“Please come with me, Bakura.” Seto silently mouthed to the thief.
Bakura shook his head, growling low in his throat as he called his Diabound into the air.
- - -
Those memories had been days ago now. And Seto remembered it as the moment the last traces of the Bakura he had once known had disappeared and been swallowed by the darkness that had consumed him.
Now here he was stood facing the evil that Bakura had promised he would release. He was tired and hurting, five of their priests were already dead. The city was broken and torn apart but here he stood next to Atem’s side in front of the palace as Zorc approached, the guards had set up the catapults, they had launched them repeatedly at the beast with nothing leaving a mark. Atem’s energy was low, his ba threatening to empty completely with each blow delivered.
“Pharaoh, you must let me take care of this.” Seto had tried pushing Atem back, only to have him shake his head, stepping in front of the shocked priest.
“No, Seto. I must do this.” He weakly said, sadness in his eyes for the lives he was already responsible for.
Seto didn’t understand, shaking his head in confusion at the pharaoh’s words.
“You mustn’t die, pharaoh. You are our God.”
Atem weakly smiled, placing his hand gently on Seto’s arm.
“You’ve been great, Seto.” His eyes searched Seto’s, as if looking for something that couldn’t be seen, “I wish I could remember our past.”
Seto placed his arm softly on top of the pharaoh’s, “It doesn’t matter. You remember me now.”
Atem smiled, shaking his head. “I’m sorry if I’ve hurt you.”
“I know.”
Atem nodded, turning back to face the monster.
“I must do this. I summon the three Gods!”
-
“All I can think about is killing whoever did this. Killing every last one of them. I want them all to die. I want them to suffer like my family suffered.” Seto could see tears welling up in Bakura’s eyes as he went on, “Its not fair. Why did they do this? I thought the pharaoh was good. He’s no God, he’s a monster.”
-
“I’ll be your friend. We can have each other.” Seto smiled, Bakura looked to him, the anger and resentment slowly fading from his eyes.
“I’ve never had a friend before.”
-
“I don’t want to lose you, Bakura.” Seto quietly said, looking to the floor.
-
“Everyone deserves someone.”
-
“I’ve never had anyone to love, Seto. They were all taken away from me, except you...” Bakura looked to Seto, the priest watched him with wide eyes, silent tears running down his cheeks.
“But none of that seemed to matter to you..”
- - - - -
Seto looked to the pharaoh who had determination set in his eyes, knowing that Atem would never falter or fail, even if it cost him his life. He was strong and lived his life full of justice and truth. He would never give in to the evil that Bakura fought for. He would always stand for what was right—that’s why he was the pharaoh.
“And I will follow my pharaoh to the end.”
- - - -
AN: Just for clarification, Aknadin really is Seto’s father. Some reviews led me to believe some weren’t familiar with this arc. But everything in this has been taken from either the anime or the manga. I know I skipped a lot with this but that part of the story is a lot more to do with Seto and his father versus Bakura and his plot—I thought going into all that would drag you away from the main focus.
REVIEW REPLIES:
mystralwind: lol aw you're so nice--i'm glad you liked my review too :)--8k is a lot when writing but not when reading certainly! i'm always tired of one shots by the end too when writing them. especially lemons lol i added you on deviant art btw!
okay my computer has gone crazy and i'll have to finish these next chapter. sorry guys :(