Disclaimer: Do I LOOK rich? No? Then there's your answer.

Song Disclaimer: Mizerable and Illness Illusion are sung by Gackt. I have no claim to them (darn).

Pikazoom: I accidently read a Jou/Seto fic the other day. I'm so upset ; . ;

Blue September: Darn. My ignorance has screwed up the 'political correctness' of the fic. -_- Oh well, you still like it? Yay! *gives her a chibi Yami pharaoh plushie*

Todokanunegai: I think It'll have a happy epilogue...I think... O_O *gives them a chibi Yami pharaoh plushie*

Chapter 2: Illness Illusion

Yami's POV

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yasashiku sasayaita anata no koe

doko ni iru no...

zetsubou ni mo nareteshimatta

kono yo no hate de wa

*Your voice softly whispered

Where are you...

I also grew accustomed to despair

At the end of the world*

Despair...that's what I feel. The end of my time is near. I'm leaving this cruel world for a while...hopefully, forever.

I can remember what you told me. I said I loved you. You told me I was a hopeless idiot and walked away. My world shattered. Those words were the same you used to ridicule me often, but they held a different meaning at that point. Laced with the deadliest venom...and also, regret? No...it must've been my imagination...

chinmoku de tamotareta yasuragi o kowashiteshimae

hikari ga furitatsu toki ga kuru mae ni

*Break down the peace that's preserved in silence

Before the time when light will fall comes*

My false tough exterior makes me continue my regal duties as always, but I'm not the same at night. I break down and cry in anguish. I was too stupid to see...that you hated me...

We're not the same when we're around each other. I can't look at you...I never want to see the pure hatred you have for me in your beautiful eyes again...

The peaceful surrounding tonight does nothing to comfort me. I'm crying as always...but...I will be free tonight. As a last gift to my people, I am sealing away the tablets of the duel monsters. However, I myself will be sealed into a golden puzzle in the shape of a pyramid. It was a gift from my father.

kiesaru kono sekai de anata to aishitsuzukeru

tamerai mo mayoi mo iranai

tsuite oide...

*In this world that melts away, I'll continue to love you

Faltering and lost and unneeded

Come here with me...*

As I prepare to leave this fading world, I know one thing. I love you. Even if you hate me, I can't stop these emotions overflowing from me...I realize...I'm still in love with you. No matter how much you've destroyed my soul or happiness, I don't blame you. No, I love you. Unconditionally.

kie saru kono sekai de anata to kataritsuzukeru

subete ga ima omoi no mama ni

*In this world that melts away, I'll continue to talk to you

Everything is now like a memory*

I'd hoped to talk to you one last time before I seal myself, but I was afraid you'd push me away. For a pharaoh, I was never truly as brave as I'd have liked when it involved personal matters.

I have one wish. Just one. It may be selfish, but since I never got to talk to you on the night of my separation from my body, I wish to speak to you again someday. I want to hear your beautiful voice once more. May Maat's feather be kind to you on the scale.

I'll make one promise to myself with my wish. In the time I wait to talk to you, even if it's never, I'll never fall for another. You're my only love, Seto.

kiesaru kono sekai de anata to aishi tsuzukeru

tamerai mo mayoi mo iranai

tsuite oide...

*In this world that melts away, I'll continue to love you

Faltering and lost and unneeded

Come here with me...*

I love you, and I always will. As I plunge this dagger into my chest to complete this ritual sealing, I see it as a symbol. A symbol of the pain in the chest you caused me, and the shattering of my soul. However, a knife can be removed, and a soul can be rebuilt. Good luck on your journey through life, Seto.

A/N: Muahahaha...I've sent my homophobic muses on a visit to see my friend's muses. They won't be around for about a week. Nyahahahaha...