I had this one on my mind for a long time... It's time for it to come out...

Disclaimer: I own nothing except my mind. The song is from Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Warnings: Yami no Bakura angst.

Fade

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Home is behind,

the world ahead...

Tree thousand years alone inside that ring... It's no wonder I lost the last bit of sanity I had left, no wonder I became so violent.

And there are many

paths to tread...

I guess I could have been something in this world, I guess I could have been loved. But I screwed that up, didn't I.

Through shadow,

to the end of time...

And when I tried to change, nobody was there to help me. I was all alone. In the dark. Lost and abandoned.

Until the stars

are all alike...

Guess... After a while I didn't care anymore. It all grew too heavy and, something just broke. I lock myself in to my soul room so often now, but no one really cares... even my hikari thinks it's just one of my, 'oh so many tricks'...

Mist

and shadow...

I hear my hikari open the outdoor. I'm out of my soul room now, just standing by the window, watching... watching... and knowing...

Cloud

and shade...

Soon will come the endless years of loneliness. I will be back in the shadow realm... Alone... In the dark... in the cold...

The pharaoh and his hikari are here. The pharaoh is standing beside me, talking... mocking... but I don't really care anymore...

The world

shall fade...

I'm just so tired. Too tired. The pharaoh calls me something... it hurts, even though I know it's probably true...

So many times I have played with my knife, perhaps I should put it to use one last time... It would make everyone happier, wouldn't it? It would make Ryou free.

Oh, but I can't... I'm a spirit... Unless...

The world

shall...

The pharaoh says something. I still haven't said a word. I slowly turn my steering empty eyes towards him. He flinches, eyes growing wide, as if he saw something in my eyes that scared him. I smile. For the first time in a long, long time I smile. A genuine, sad smile. I rip the ring from around my neck, handing it to the pharaoh.

"Tell Ryou I will set him free..." I say. The pharaoh opens his mouth but says nothing. I feel my energy slipping away with the ring. The world before my eyes begins to fade.

I just feel so tired

...Fade...

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Hmmm... Short...