This takes place during and after the events of the ending of FFVI.

I don't own Final Fantasy VI or Sunday Without God.

The tower was collapsing around him but he showed no fear. Shadow then stopped and slipped away from the others as they were escaping, having decided to stay behind in the tower rather then leave with his companions.

Interceptor tries to follow after him before being stopped by Shadow.

"Go on, Interceptor! Get going!" he shouts. Just as he turns to leave, Interceptor runs back towards him. Shadow reaches down to pet him for probably the last time. "Stay Well..."

As the crumbling of the tower got worse, Shadow sat in a corner waiting for his final moments and said what would probably be his epitaph. "Baram... I am going to finally quit running"

Shadow then spoke the wish he always planned to say on that day so long ago. A wish that he always hoped would have come true when he was still living in Thamasa as Clyde, but knowing that it would never have come true despite everything good that he did. Including bringing his daughter Relm into the world and watching her grow up before being forced to abandon her so that his crimes wouldn't come back to harm her.

"I want to begin it all over again..."

Looking up at the sky, Shadow sees the Falcon begin to pull away from the Tower. A smile forms on his face as he sees Terra fly in front of the airship as a guide, knowing that they got away safely means he can finally rest easy.

After making his dying wish, his remaning life begins to slip away from, as does the last remnants of magic in the world. As if hearing his final request, the magic comes together one last time to grant the dying ninja's wish. A wish to start over, a new life.

Since his vision is fading, he doesn't see the remaining magical energy flow towards his nearly lifeless body. Just as he breathes his final breath, the magic collects together and infuses Shadow's body with a new life.

But since that was the very last of world's magic there was a toll that his appearance, his body and his life has paid, but that was something he wouldn't discover till much later.

In the remains of what was once Kefka's Tower, a brand new life begins to stir and awaken.

The person who was once known as Shadow slowly opens his eyes and looks around at the wreckage he is buried under. "What happened?" says the former ninja. "The last thing I recall is the tower collapsing around me and seeing the Falcon flying away..."

He slowly begins to get back up after moving the debris he is buried under. He then notices his mask has been torn up from the falling rubble he was buried under. "Guess this is ruined, not that I really need it anymore..."

Shadow removes the tattered remains of his mask, revealing a drastically changed appearance. What was once dark brown hair is now a pale silver. Eyes that were originally a piercing deep blue are now a deep crimson and even his skin is now an unearthly pale albino white.

The newly reborn Shadow then looks up at the sky and covers his eyes with his hand as the sun rises on a brand new day... and a brand new Shadow.

End of Chapter 1

What do you think? The idea for this fic came when I noticed a large number of similarities between Final Fantasy 6 and Sunday Without God, so I figured it would make a great crossover fic.