Author's Note: The death of the dark halves. (crying heavily) Why?!! Why did they have to go!? They are both just so freakin' awesome and cool; both Atem AND Dark!!!

Disclaimer: Don't own either Yu-Gi-Oh or DNAngel.

Their Deaths

(Daisuke's POV and Yugi's POV)

It was so sudden.

I didn't expect that we would be separated so quickly.

I was just starting to get to know you...

And then you disappeared from my life forever.

I know why you had to leave...

But that doesn't mean I have to like it.

(Daisuke's POV)

Now that all the Hikari artworks have been destroyed, I don't have to steal anymore,

And that means no more Phantom Thief...

No more stress over my emotions...

And no more worries about someone finding out my secret...

Because there's no secret left to discover anymore.

It's strange.

I've always wished since I met you that my life was normal.

And now I've got that wish...

But I lost a dear friend of mine to get it.

I suppose that you deserve the rest though.

You've been stealing artworks from the Hikari family for I don't know how long

But the point is this;

You've been a part of every male Niwa for generations...

And you never knew the freedom of death until recently but I'm still sad about your departure.

I cry for your absence and I can hear you laughing in the distance.

If you could see me now, I know you would poke fun at me just like you used to.

You'd probably call me a cry-baby but I wouldn't mind...

Because then it would mean you're still here with me.

I know the pain will ease with time but right now...

A day doesn't go by that I don't cry.

(Yugi's POV)

I'm still the King of Games thanks to you.

I still participate in duels and tournaments but without the weight of the world on my shoulders.

But I no longer wear the Millennium Puzzle around my neck.

You may already know somehow but you had already parted from the world of the living by then so I'm not sure.

The Millennium Puzzle along with all the other Millennium Items fell into a hole that opened up into the depths of the Earth.

I was shocked.

I had thought that maybe I would at least have that as a keepsake of you...

But all that you left behind was the deck that we created together and the box that the Millennium Puzzle came in.

Sometimes I grope for the Puzzle on the desk in the morning before I remember it left with you.

The world doesn't need to be saved anymore...

The souls of me and my friends are no longer on the line...

And you're not here to see how much I've grown.

Téa, Joey, and Tristan say that I'm starting to look, act, and sound like you.

It's not intentional...

But I don't mind.

It's strange.

I had promised to help you recover your lost memories and I did...

But I never realized that very thing would be what separated us, mind and soul.

You deserve the afterlife, I won't deny it.

Your soul had been trapped in the Millennium Puzzle for 5,000 years just to prevent the darkness from returning.

And you had a whole different kind of life that you had left behind just to save the world from evil.

Your eternal rest is well-deserved my friend but it's hard to get over.

I still cry occasionally when it's too much to bare

And then I can almost feel your strong comforting presence touch mine and lift me up again.

I hurt but don't worry about me;

The pain I feel is nothing like the pain the Shadow Realm gives you.

It's a loving hurt...

And although it hurts worse than any pain from a shadow game...

I'll take it willingly and keep it safe...

Because it's special and close to my heart just like you.

(Daisuke's POV and Yugi's POV)

You left me alone.

It was so quick, I barely had the chance to tell you goodbye.

You didn't stay too long.

If someone blinked they might have missed you.

You made me a stronger person.

And now I have more confidence than I did before we met.

Deep inside, I knew you would leave me behind.

(Daisuke's POV)

I've always known that you would disappear from within me one day...

But I had thought that you would just reappear again in the next Niwa son born...

(Yugi's POV)

I knew that you couldn't remain a part of me for my entire life...

Yet I didn't know how you would leave...

(Daisuke's POV)

However once you sealed yourself and Krad within the Black Wings...

(Yugi's POV)

But as soon as I saw you walk through the spirit gate with the Eye of Wedjat...

(Daisuke's POV and Yugi's POV)

I knew that this was truly the final goodbye.

(Daisuke's POV)

Dark...

(Yugi's POV)

Atem...

(Daisuke's POV and Yugi's POV)

I'll miss you terribly and I will never forget you.

And so I've finished my first crossover. I think it was clever how I would do both of them together and then I would separate them and have Daisuke and Yugi think of their individual dark halves solely. My favorite part however was starting from the Black Wings and downward. I hope all who read this enjoyed it as much as I did. Hey!! It's over 1,000 words. That's longer than the other chapters for this particular fic.