Strangers When We Meet
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Yu-Gi-Oh › Yaoi - Male/Male
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Adult +
Chapters:
21
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2,572
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87
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Chapter Nineteen: Pharaoh
STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET
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AN: I’m so exhausted, I have nothing left to say, see you Tuesday for the last chapter. -collapses-
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CHAPTER TWENTY: PHARAOH
“Bakura is dead. The Dark One has been defeated. My memory ends here, Seto. You must become pharaoh.”
“But—“
“Its up to you to see this city brought back to what it once was.” Atem rested his hand on Seto’s shoulder, handing him the millennium puzzle. Seto looked down at it, wrapping his fingers around it uncertainly.
“Do you have to leave?” Seto asked, tears filling his eyes. Atem shook his head, turning away from the priest.
The city was in ruins, half the people lay slain. It was true they had beaten Zorc, had restored peace, but with little left to show for it. Atem had saved them, had risked everything and now he was leaving…just moments after their victory. As Seto watched him leave, something pulled at him, willing him to ask what had been on his mind.
“Wait,” Seto breathlessly called. Atem turned back, waiting for the priest to speak.
“You—you remember now?” Seto could feel his heart begin to pound. If Atem had regained his memory, then surely he would remember what had happened between them. He wasn’t sure what he expected, he had already said he couldn’t stay. But he wanted to know…he had to know.
Atem slowly nodded his head, “Yes, I remember now.”
Seto waited for Atem to go on, to say something…anything else. But the pharaoh remained silent, watching Seto with a sad understanding of what the priest wanted to hear.
“A-and?” Seto nervously asked.
Atem took a deep breath, shaking his head, “I’m sorry. I still love Yugi.”
Seto slowly nodded, his heart sinking with the words he knew the pharaoh was sure to speak. He watched as the pharaoh left, not saying another word before he disappeared. Leaving Seto forever.
He looked around at the rubble that surrounded him, the dust beginning to settle, the sun setting high in the sky. His father got what he wanted after all, for him to be pharaoh…
But Seto didn’t want it like this, to have lost everything. To be the one of the few left to rebuild the city from nothing. So many had died…
He slowly made his way to his old chambers, walking down the familiar path, knowing it would all soon change.
Stopping in the doorway, he looked around at the empty room, scattered with parchment, books and spilled ink.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry I left you…” Seto hung his head, sighing as he made his way to the bed. “And I’m sorry that a part of me still loves him.” Seto’s body ached in pain, covered in grime and dirt. He hadn’t slept for days. Not since all this had began. And that felt like an eternity. The silence in the room was deafening, reminding him of how alone he now was…
“Do you know what the hardest part was?” A voice sounded, remaining unseen. “Was you not knowing who I was in the future. You could have cared less about me.”
“I guess a lot can change in three thousand years.”
That familiar silence filled the room again before the voice responded.
“Yes it can.”
Seto remained voiceless a moment, letting his head rest against his knees.
“I want to start over.”
“I’ve never forgiven anyone in my life, Seto.” He quickly responded.
Seto looked up to see a glimpse of red as it whipped out the window before it disappeared.
“Bakura?” He uselessly called as silent tears fell down his face.
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AN: I’m so exhausted, I have nothing left to say, see you Tuesday for the last chapter. -collapses-
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CHAPTER TWENTY: PHARAOH
“Bakura is dead. The Dark One has been defeated. My memory ends here, Seto. You must become pharaoh.”
“But—“
“Its up to you to see this city brought back to what it once was.” Atem rested his hand on Seto’s shoulder, handing him the millennium puzzle. Seto looked down at it, wrapping his fingers around it uncertainly.
“Do you have to leave?” Seto asked, tears filling his eyes. Atem shook his head, turning away from the priest.
The city was in ruins, half the people lay slain. It was true they had beaten Zorc, had restored peace, but with little left to show for it. Atem had saved them, had risked everything and now he was leaving…just moments after their victory. As Seto watched him leave, something pulled at him, willing him to ask what had been on his mind.
“Wait,” Seto breathlessly called. Atem turned back, waiting for the priest to speak.
“You—you remember now?” Seto could feel his heart begin to pound. If Atem had regained his memory, then surely he would remember what had happened between them. He wasn’t sure what he expected, he had already said he couldn’t stay. But he wanted to know…he had to know.
Atem slowly nodded his head, “Yes, I remember now.”
Seto waited for Atem to go on, to say something…anything else. But the pharaoh remained silent, watching Seto with a sad understanding of what the priest wanted to hear.
“A-and?” Seto nervously asked.
Atem took a deep breath, shaking his head, “I’m sorry. I still love Yugi.”
Seto slowly nodded, his heart sinking with the words he knew the pharaoh was sure to speak. He watched as the pharaoh left, not saying another word before he disappeared. Leaving Seto forever.
He looked around at the rubble that surrounded him, the dust beginning to settle, the sun setting high in the sky. His father got what he wanted after all, for him to be pharaoh…
But Seto didn’t want it like this, to have lost everything. To be the one of the few left to rebuild the city from nothing. So many had died…
He slowly made his way to his old chambers, walking down the familiar path, knowing it would all soon change.
Stopping in the doorway, he looked around at the empty room, scattered with parchment, books and spilled ink.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry I left you…” Seto hung his head, sighing as he made his way to the bed. “And I’m sorry that a part of me still loves him.” Seto’s body ached in pain, covered in grime and dirt. He hadn’t slept for days. Not since all this had began. And that felt like an eternity. The silence in the room was deafening, reminding him of how alone he now was…
“Do you know what the hardest part was?” A voice sounded, remaining unseen. “Was you not knowing who I was in the future. You could have cared less about me.”
“I guess a lot can change in three thousand years.”
That familiar silence filled the room again before the voice responded.
“Yes it can.”
Seto remained voiceless a moment, letting his head rest against his knees.
“I want to start over.”
“I’ve never forgiven anyone in my life, Seto.” He quickly responded.
Seto looked up to see a glimpse of red as it whipped out the window before it disappeared.
“Bakura?” He uselessly called as silent tears fell down his face.