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It was quiet, too quiet for a city like Domino to be in the middle of the day. The strangest part was that there were no people in the streets except for the sole person who observed the emptiness. Jonouchi Katsuya walked around, hoping to find someone. He was supposed to meet his friends at a nearby arcade, but no one was there. Not just his friends, there wasn't a single soul save his.
It was when he reached his school that he finally saw signs of life. Up on the roof was someone Jonouchi recognized: Kaiba Seto. He wore a similar outfit to the one from Duelist Kingdom, only it was all white. The strangest part besides the fact the teen CEO was at school on a Sunday instead of his company or with Mokuba, was that he was looking straight up at the sky. Seeing the wind blowing Kaiba's jacket like some kind of wings made the blond realize there was no wind. Nothing else that would be moving was.
"What the hell is Kaiba doing here?" Jonouchi asked himself as he ran towards the building. It only took a few minutes to reach the rooftop, a new record he noted. He slammed the door open, Kaiba not even flinching at the loud sound it created. Not that Jonouchi was expecting a physical reaction from the stoic Kaiba, but he should have gotten a verbal response of sorts. Or at least a verbal response different than the one he got.
"Everyone has returned," Kaiba randomly said. "This world is shutting down. We're the only ones left here."
"What are you talking about?" Jonouchi yelled as he walked over to where the other was. "Where are my friends? I can't find them!"
"Where they should be. Tell me, in a game with a story, what happens to characters that die?"
"They stay dead unless you use some cheat!" Jonouchi was practically hysterics now, really concerned with the fact Kaiba has been calm all this time. "Will you stop talking in riddles? You're acting really weird!"
"True, they die. But what if that game was a dream? Wouldn't they just wake up?"
"Really, I'm worried about what's going on. And how you're acting isn't helping."
"I may never see you again," Kaiba said, his voice grown softer. "My brothers are really overprotective of me."
"Brothers? I mean, Mokuba I can handle, but what other brother do you have? Kaiba, what's going on?"
"I want you to promise me something." Kaiba turned around so he was now facing Jonouchi. The blond noted how his rival looked younger then he remembered with unshed tears filled his eyes. "When you wake up, don't forget all that has happened these past three years. That you won't forget me the way I am here…"
"Wha? Okay, you're scaring me now. Tell me what the hell is go-"
His question was silenced by Kaiba's lips on his. Jonouchi panicked since he never expected Kaiba to be the one to take his first kiss. Yet, at the same time, he found he couldn't pull away or even push the other away. He could even say he was enjoying it. He closed his eyes, enjoying the feel of his supposed rival's lips on his.
The kiss ended as fast as it started, at least it seemed that way to the blond. Jonouchi opened his eyes. Tears were finally coming down Kaiba's face, yet his expression was peaceful rather than the expected one of sorrow. Even a melancholy smile graced his lips making him breathtaking.
"No matter what anyone says, these past three years were more than a dream," Kaiba said in a hushed voice. Jonouchi nodded, half understanding what the brunet was asking of him. "Thank you. I just have one more request. Wake up."
With that said, Kaiba pushed the blond off the roof. Somehow, the fencing surrounding the parameter of the building was gone. Jonouchi stared at Kaiba in shock as he fell to his death.
In a hospital somewhere in Japan, Jonouchi Katsuya woke up from his three year coma.