Well, here is yet another one-shot from yours truly. I seem to be on a Saint Seiya streak as of late, one which I will, perhaps, continue. But that's enough lip from me. Read, and hopefully, enjoy.

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Ramblings of a God of Death

Quote: "There are only two ways to live life: the first of which is living life as if miracles do not exist. The second is living life as if everything was a miracle." Albert Einstein

Life is humorous, really.

In a cruel sort of way.

As I speak, my body is full of cuts and bruises, I feel exhausted, and it is likely that I will die in a few minutes' time.

And the cruelest thing of all is that I am a god.

And until now, I had always believed gods to be immortal.

Powerful. Indestructible. Wise and superior to everything and everyone.

And sadly, gods are everything but all of these aforementioned things.

They are only all of these things when none have the courage to challenge them, their wisdom, their power, their immortality.

And as much as I hate to admit it, the Saints of Athena dared to challenge my great master, Hades, and in doing so, challenged me.

At the start, I wondered how anyone could be so foolish to try and defeat a god.

I thought it had been a pitiable combination of outstanding courage, determination, loyalty, and foolishness.

I had thought that they would never make it even halfway through hell.

But to my surprise, they managed to reach the Elysium Fields, even if tired, muddy, wounded, and bloody they were.

But I shook away the feeling of surprise, and started to do battle with the saints.

I was not impressed with them, to be honest.

Of course, it wasn't as big as it was supposed to be, with them in the conditions they were.

Nevertheless, I battled each and every one of them, and knocked all of them down as if they were mice.

And for a moment, it seemed as if victory was mine.

Another mistake on my part, underestimating them like that.

I was about to leave, to celebrate with my fairies, when I sensed a cosmos like I had never sensed before.

A cosmos that was so deep it was indescribable

And before I knew it, Pegasus, protected by a brand new cloth, had knocked me down, leaving me where I am now, and rushing to save his goddess.

And here I am now.

Defeated, robbed from my honor, rotting in failure, only being able to ponder how I was defeated, before I pass away.

It is ironic really, the god of death, dying.

But I have done what I was meant to do;

To do everything possible to keep the saints from rescuing Athena.

And I daresay I think I did a pretty good job.

And now, as I feel the life from me almost completely gone, I bid farewell to life.

My life has not been completely perfect, and I have regrets, but alas, it is too late.

And with that, I bid thee world, goodbye.

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Well, I'm not too pleased with this one as much as I was with my other fics, but I think it was good enough for Don't forget to review (and refrain from flaming), and give Hades Dragon loads of constructive criticism, he will be eternally grateful to you.