I have had this idea for a while, but haven't actually got around to writing it. This will be a chapter fic, the chapters will be long, so bear with me on updates. This chapter is shorter simply because it is the prologue.

I don't know whether this will be shonen-ai or not, if you have a preference put it in a review, if not I'll just write whatever seems right when I come to that part of the fic.

Not all chapters will be songfics, probably just the prologue. The song is "Missing" by Evanescence.

After this chapter, the next few will be flashbacks.

~*~Angels Fall First~*~

Late night Domino City was a spectacular sight, the lights from the houses below shone beautifully. The free light show was best viewed from the memorial bridge; a structure built over Domino Lake in memory of the town's founder.

This late at night however, not many people were out considering the late-January weather. Icy winds whipped the trees, and coupled with the cold rain it was enough to freeze anyone to the bone.

Although there is always an exception. And the exception was a small boy, leaning over the railings staring into the dark water below.

Please. Please forgive me

But I won't be home again

Maybe someday you'll have woken up

And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one;

"Isn't something missing?"

The said boy was leaning dangerously over the railings, his blond bangs falling into his face, his eyes shining with tears.

The cold didn't bother him anymore. He had long since stopped caring. Caring about himself, caring about others, he was through caring.

Sighing, the small boy watched as a tear dripped from his face and fell, shining slightly in the moonlight, then delicately hitting the water without a sound.

Ironic, really. He had practiced all his life to go unnoticed, to make as little sound as possible so that no body would know he was there, and the one time he wanted attention, wanted someone to notice his existence he couldn't make a sound.

He had stopped talking to anyone a while ago, and no one noticed. They were all too busy to care about him, they didn't notice his gradual change. How he stopped smiling, stopped laughing, stopped eating, sleeping even talking. And not even his Yami – the one who he had shared a body with for years, the one he had freed didn't even notice.

The tears began to fall harder, more and more splashing into the murky depths below, yet not a single drop made a sound.

He tried to scream, yell out his frustration…but he found he could no longer use his voice, even if he wanted to.

You won't cry for my absence I know –

You forgot me long ago

Am I that unimportant…?

Am I so insignificant…?

Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone missing me?

The water was beginning to look tempting, and the air was getting even colder. He stared down, weighing out the possibilities.

Now that he was actually at the  bridge he had no idea what he was going to do. What he was willing to do.

Still staring he closed his eyes as an icy gust of wind whipped at the thin shirt he was wearing, the material was soaked through, and he could just hear his Yami's voice scolding him…but that was in the past. The new Yami wouldn't care what state his clothes were in.

He shuddered involuntary, thinking about what had happened…where had he gone wrong? What terrible deed had he committed to deserve this kind of treatment from his "Friends"?

After all that he had done for them, and now they didn't care.

Yugi wrapped his arms around his small body, he had always had a thin frame, but since he hadn't seen the point in eating lately he was now tiny. But he didn't care.

He wasn't bothered about the dark circles that were always around his now dull violet eyes due to lack of sleep, or how pale his face had become. He had stopped styling his hair each morning, preferring to let it hang down, it came to just below his shoulders, the bangs still stayed shaped, though.

He had never really liked the leather outfits, and so was now wearing baggy jeans and a shirt that had once fit nicely; now hung off him.

But he didn't care.

Please, please forgive me

But I won't be home again

I know what you do to yourself

Shudder deep and cry out;

"Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone missing me?"

He thought back to how this had all started, he had been taking a load of extra classes, and had a new job on top of that. His Yami was getting worried that he was over-working himself, but Yugi had just snapped at him or something…it wasn't too clear in his mind.

Things had gone downhill, his friends too were getting worried about him…but Yugi couldn't remember why, or how they had abandoned him. He just knew that he was alone.

Nothing was clear, his mind was spinning, and he felt dizzy. He just knew that he couldn't stay here anymore, he wasn't wanted here.

Before he knew what he was doing he had climbed onto the top of the rail, and was staring down. All he could see was black.

Tears streaming down his face he closed his eyes and griped the railing.

'Please, please forgive me…Yami…everyone…I didn't mean to make everything go so wrong …'

And if I bleed, I'll bleed

Knowing you don't care

And if I sleep just to dream of you

And wake without you there

Isn't something missing?

Yugi let go of the railing and plunged into the cold, dark depths of the lake, and let go of his final breath…

Isn't something…

~*~To be Continued~*~

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