Disclaimer: Nope. Not mine. Just borrowing. Though I doubt the owner would want them back after I'm through with them....

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Bakura's POV

"H-hikari?" Bakura whispered, stunned. Grabbing the boy by his slim shoulders, he lowered Ryou to the floor.

~*How could I let this happen

How could I corrupt you so bad

I just wanted to share my pain

I never thought it would make you sad.*~

His knife was resting itself between the slighter boy's ribs and Bakura felt a burning start withing his own chest. He clutched his stomach as he stared at the blood slowly coloring Ryou's clothing, body, and hair, turning the tresses from virgin white to crimson silk.

~*I know I kept abusing you

But I thought it'd be okay

I assumed you'd never leave

After all, we're one and the same.*~



His aibou's eyes were closed and his mouth open slightly, brief gasps escaping the waxen lips.



~*I never would of realized

That killing you would kill me too

I never could of imagined

That this world was nothing without you.*~

Bakura felt the burning spread and realized that his own heartbeat was slowing down. He felt the life drawn out of him and his mind fought for misty sleep. Blackness danced at the corners of his vision and Bakura suddenly knew he was dying again, right along with Ryou. His mind flashed back to a conversation with Yami.

~*Your presence slips away from me

Because I pushed you away

Now I try to grasp your departing shape

To apologize, but I don't know what to say.*~



"What are you doing here, pharaoh?"Bakura leered, his hands clenched.

"Came to check up on you and Ryou." Yami answered, not bothering to conceal his scorn.

"I don't need you to come to see whether I abuse him or not. He's *my* hikari and I do what I want."

"That may be," answered Yami, "but whatever happens to him, you will suffer it three-fold. I promise you that."

~*Midnight is lonely without you

Now that you've walked away with my light

And the room is turning bleak

Now beings the epic good/evil fight.*~

Bakura kneeled beside Ryou's body, supporting himself with his hands. His hair covered his face as he tried not to cringe. Bakura stared at the silent body before him. Life was slipping away through those lips. He wouldn't...,he can't Bakura insisted. This was his hikari, his light, his other half. His other half was not supposed to abandon him. His light was not supposed to leave.

~*I mourn my missed chances of tasting heaven

Sorrow matches perfectly with my black heart

To know that you're abandoned me

And now we're galaxies apart.*~

His chest felt like it was being stabbed repeatedly and his mind could feel the somber hand of the shadow realm coming to grasp him and imprison him again.

~*I know the hours of pain I put you through

I mistreated you, why was I surprised you left

I was making you into myself

All crimson blood and no room for breath.*~

"Don't." This was the closest Bakura had come to begging. "There is no worse fate."

~*I see you lay down dying before me

My hand lowers, my heart slows its steady beat

As your eyes close, my eyes stop seeing

Your heart dies and mine goes into a numb sleep.*~

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Lady Maeve: -.- A lot of people were wondering what song I used and well, the answer is; I didn't use a song. This was a poem that I had written and divided up so I could use it in the story. I know this beats the whole point of this chapter being a songfic but I couldn't find a song with the lyrics that I needed. Hopefully, its still good. And please don't use this poem (song-thingy) in any of your stories without my permission. All you have to do is ask. I'm a nice person! Really!