In The Millennial World

24

Sitting here is pointless...but it feels good sitting by the campfire having to be locked away from the world for once
Like watching dead leaves falling from a tree...
Lifeless, empty, and drifting without a purpose.
Everything feels hollow, as it all has fallen numb.
Lonely... as if the things I deserve are always out of reach, remaining nothing more than a wish,
Something far more than a desire.

I don't want to move.
I don't want to think about tomorrow.
I don't want to go anywhere.

So, I just sit here, losing myself in the silence.
It's easier than facing everything waiting outside

Outside this cave, it feels like staring into an empty room
There are stars out there..
Vast, silent, and uncertain.
It's easier to look out into the unknown than to face the weight of reality.
Knowing what you will face... but also stranded
The Pharaoh and the others must be searching for me by now.
Worried and calling out my name.
Spreading out across the land, determined to find me.

I just hope they're not too worried.
I didn't vanish without any reasoning.
I had to leave.
I had to find him.
If I can't find him...
There would be no chance left for me to confront

Of all the things... I have to...
It will have to be done..

It was all because of Bakura...
The thief king who had fought me
He brought me here left stuck and broken

No one else can get in the way.
Not when things are already spiraling.
If he's still here, lurking in this world...
Waiting in the shadows... then that alone is enough to change everything.
He must be somewhere out there hiding
Watching us from afar
Avoiding the eyes of the world while his mind twists in ways no one can truly understand.
Only Atem would know.
He would be the one watching
Keeping his eyes on Bakura's every move because he remembers.
He knows what Bakura has done
How he once tried to destroy the world., once again

But!..... that was all in the past.
Now it's a drawing back like a plague
It's all getting back together
The Pharaoh has defeated him.
He sealed him away and ended it... all..

And yet... he's back.

Why?

Why return now?
Why the risk of everything again?

Is it vengeance?
A lingering grudge?
Or something even worse..
Something we can't even see yet?
It's the same cycle, repeating itself.
The same danger, the same battle, the same war.
And now... we're forced to start over.
Like none of it ever ended at all.

And if he steps into the open...

It'll be chaos.

With everything happening right now, it feels like being caught in a trap.
Like standing between two paths with no way forward.
Like being stuck, unable to move, unable to choose.
Sitting here won't change anything.
But taking a moment... just to breathe...
It almost feels like relief.
Like the weight of the world is pressing down

Yet..... somehow
It's giving me time to think.
I still feel nothing for somewhat reasons..

No answers.
Just unease in the air.

Kisara stirred in her sleep.
Her movements were slow, drowsy.
She wiped the dirt from her eyes, blinking as she looked around.
Then, her gaze settled on me.
She could tell something was wrong.
I sat there, arms wrapped tightly around my legs,
My body tense up
My mind was spiraling.
I wasn't okay.

The weight of it all..
The sadness, the pain,
The overwhelming loss..
Presses down on me like an endless tide.

"Are you okay... Yuza?" Kisara

Kisara's voice was soft, concerned.
I was shaking.
I opened my mouth, but the words barely came out.

"I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." Yuza

Her eyes filled with worry.

"Why are you crying? Did something happen?" Kisara

She saw my tears..
The way my hands trembled.
The way my shoulders shook with silent sobs.
The tears that slipped down my face, unchecked and unrelenting.
I swallowed hard
My voice was cracking under the weight of my grief.

"I just feel... sad... and lonely." Yuza

I hesitated
My chest tightening painfully.

"I miss him so much. I should have protected him.
I should've listened. If I had just—" Yuza

My breath hitched.
Swallowing the shallow air

"I'm sure things will return the way... it was.." Kisara

"It's my fault I ended up here.
All I wanted was to be there for him... to care for him... but now..." Yuza

My voice broke completely.

"...I don't even know where I belong anymore.
All there is... to nothing..." Yuza

There it is.... again...
Hope... is.. just nothing that everything.... will be just all lost...