Yugioh! Zexal - Little Brother

Little Brother


("It's all right. I won't lose. And I'll definitely return." A smile across his face. "Okay, it's a promise then.")

Were those my last words to him?.... The last promise I made to him?.... To my little brother?.... I never broke a promise to him.... I would always find him.... I would always come back to him..... I would do anything for him.... I've never broken a promise to you, brother.... But did I really promise you knowing that?.....

My breath is slowly being drawn out, I can barely breathe, barely talk, barely keep my eyes open. The ground is hard rock, I knew so, I could both feel and see it, I was on the moon. With Mizar standing there over me, feeling his deep blue eyes just staring down at me. But with what emotion?
I feel cold, the suit is failing me as I slowly plunge deeper and deeper into darkness. The screen in front of me is barely able to keep it's signal, Yuma's distorted face fuzzing in and out. My brother is watching.
I just wonder what his reaction to this is....


("Big brother!!!" His voice rang in his head.)


My brother.... Did I break this promise to you?.... Am I going to die because of the promise I made?.... No.... It's my own fault.... Not yours.... It was never your fault, little brother.... All the things I did for you hurt me in turn.... But it wasn't your fault.... None of them were.... They were my decisions.....

My body feels cold, I can barely move. My breathing is shallow as the tightening of my throat slowly grows. It doesn't hurt, it just feels like someone's pulling on it, threatening to suffocate me knowing they have my entire life in their own hands, as if my fate is their's to decide.
Perhaps I decided this fate for myself.... I was the one who made the decision, who made the promise to return.

I promised you.... I will pull through this, I promised.... No.... Not this time.... This is the one promise that I may break to you, little brother.... I'm sorry, Hart....


("Kite?" He looked back from over his shoulder. "Don't worry. I just tripped. What a klutz!...")


I told you I was alright so you would never worry.... But you knew I was lying.... You would always know when I wasn't being honest or in pain..... And I would always know when you took something without asking..... Perhaps it just because were brothers.... We have connections like that.... What connection did I leave you?....

I could feel my brother's pain. I could hear him calling out to me in his mind, too frozen in fear and sorrow to speak. I wished I could call back to him, but I my mind wasn't working right, I could barely even speak. I tried to move something, anything, but everything was stiff from the oxygen I was lacking.
I never thought I'd know what if it feels like to die. Yes.... So that's what this is.... Death.
It wasn't a painful type of death, where you suffer until you bleed out or water fully constricts your lungs. It almost felt.... Nice. Nice?....

Maybe I did lie to him..... Maybe I did come up here knowing I would break this promise to my little brother.... No.... I didn't.... It was a lie I didn't know I made.... I promise I didn't know I would break.... I'm sorry brother.... Would you forgive me?.... If I said sorry?....


("It would be mean to keep it in a cage the rest of it's life.")


You were always the best kid I knew.... You always gave others the benefit of the doubt.... You believed everyone has a second chance.... Everyone deserves a life.... Do I really deserve mine after all I've done?..... Hart?....

My vision is blurry, I can barely see anything at all. Mizar is still standing there, having taken Number 100 from me, as I have given to him. He had what he came for, so why was he still there? Did he actually care what happened to me?
I tried to speak something more, but I couldn't.... My throat felt too tight as the air was being drained from me. Is this what it felt like to die? To suffocate in the middest of space? With my brother watching?....

I promised you, little brother..... And I lied to you.... I promised I'd always be there for you.... Was that a lie?.... Can you forgive me, little brother?... For the lie I made to you that was meant to be a promise?.... Could you forgive me?.... Hart?....


("You always find me Kite!")


I did.... Didn't I?... What did I promise you for?.... Why would I promise you if I couldn't keep it?.... How many promises did I make till now?.... How many did I break at this moment...?

Ever so slowly did I feel my body failing me, my very soul slipping away from the physical world of which I would soon no longer belong to. My very soul would permeate the universe and go to Numeron.
My throat tightened, as well as my insides from the lack of oxygen I beheld. It wasn't painful, it was almost like a pin was poking at my organs, at my throat, threatening to break the skin and take every last strand of breath that I hung onto just for one more moment of life.

I'm sorry.... I really am... I want to scream it out to you.... I want to tell you I'm sorry.... But by this time, my vocal cords refuse to work.... I want to reach out to you.... Tell you it'll be alright... But I can't... And it's not....


("Kite!")


You would always call my name... We were all each other had for years.... What I would give to hear you say it one more time, Hart.... What I would give to see your smile again.... The one that ceased to exist when your soul was connected the Astral World.... And how I saw it again when you were freed from the Barian's control.... I'm sorry....


("It's sweet! Really sweet!.. I feel energetic!.." He smiled at him. "That's good..")


I could feel my lungs tighten painfully in my chest, though it remained for no more than a few seconds before the cold numbness took over that part of my body as well, barely making me able to feel pain at all. My eyesight blurred with shadows that I never wished I would see. I felt lightheaded, dizzy.
Is this what's its like?.. To die from suffocation from the vacuum of space?.. Perhaps so... Maybe it was even more painful to watch than it was to endure.. Watching someone you care about die and not being able to do anything..


I'm sorry, father... Hart... Yuma... Astral... Shark.... You're the leader of the Barians and I still care about you.. Despite what you've done... Even with how week my sight is growing, I can see the tears stream down Mizar's face form his blue eyes... Maybe deep down I cared about him as well.... And it hurts knowing I'm leaving all of you behind... Especially with Yuma's voice ringing in my ears about getting up.... Getting up and dueling him...
I'm sorry, Yuma, I can't.... Not this time..


("Kite! Come back!" He looked back over his shoulder. "I will Hart!")


I always made that promise to you, didn't?... Little brother?... I always promised you I would come back... That I would look into your golden eyes again... That I would see that smile that I loved and cherished so much.... That you would wrap your arms around me again in that loving hug that I missed you returning.... I broke that promise.. Didn't I?...


("Wow.. It looks more like a jewel..." He smiled at him. "Hey, big brother... Thanks for catching it for me, but... Can I set it free?..")


That pure heart of yours.... You were always the best kid that I knew.... The one I loved so much, and the one I could never let go... I promised that we'd always stay together... I promised that I'd always be there for you.... How many promises did I break, little brother?...

I felt my throat beginning to tighten, my insides collapsing and my organs shutting down painfully as my body lacked a severe amount of oxygen... I knew it was over.... I was ready for it the moment I set foot on that ship.... Even as I feel my head ache, my temples stinging and my heart frantically beating in a painful rhythm as it tried to survive on its own..
It hurt.. And maybe this time I couldn't deny it.. I'm afraid.. Afraid to leave Hart and the others alone as my vision is clouded by dark spot..


("It would be mean to keep it in a cage the rest of it's life.")


I'm afraid, Hart.... I'm afraid because I'm leaving you alone.... I don't want to leave you alone Hart... I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry.... Please, Numeron... Don't let him suffer the way I did...
Don't let him live a cage the rest of his life... Let him be free...


("Hart... Alright.. Set it free.")


Don't let him be caged like a butterfly captured in a net.... Don't let him suffer the same way I did and have his life destroyed.... Please... Please....


("You always find me Kite!" He saw his beautiful smile on his face, the light in his eyes)



Let him be free....



Maybe that was the moment my eyes closed.. I don't know.. But all I can hear is the faint sobbing of Yuma's voice as the screen finally cuts out.. All I see is the shimmer of gold and silver colliding in a beautiful spiral of unbelievable fragments of the universe... Maybe I understood then...
I don't believe in destiny.. Not entirely.. But maybe this was it.. I once heard that a person shows who they truly are in their last moments of life... Maybe I showed it to Mizar... To Yuma... To Hart...




Hart... I'm sorry.. I'm so, so sorry.... Don't hate me.. Please... Though you have every reason too....


("It's a promise, then.")


Was it a promise?... Was it a promise that I knew I would break?.... Or one that didn't know I would break?....


("It's all right. I won't lose.")


Did I make you a promise, Hart?.... Did lie to you?.... Do you hate me now?.... I broke so many promises to you from this one thing.... This one thing... And I'm sorry.... But sorry doesn't cut how sorry I really am..


A golden aura appeared before me, scales that glistened brighter than the sun and a roar that sounded like a screams of hell's minions and yet like the angels choir. Its eyes were something that I could simply not explain..
This was the universe... The very heart of our galaxy.. What started us out as a egg and grew us into a valiant winged-creature that could fly away from the nest yet would still seek the comfort of its mother..
This is the universe.. This is Numeron..


("I'll return.")


Now that was a lie... A lie that I didn't mean to make.. The lie that probably effected you most.. How many lies have I told you Hart?... How many promises have I broken, little brother?...


("It's all right. I won't lose. And I'll definitely return." A smile across his face. "Okay, it's a promise then.")



Father.. Yuma.. Mizar.. Astral.. Shark.. Hart..




Did I mean for this to happen?... Did I mean to abandon you all?.... Was it for fate?.. Was it for destiny?.. If would should meet again, would they tell me their stories?.. Is this for me to be on my own?... Is this what I'm afraid of.. Maybe it is...



("It would be mean to keep it in a cage the rest of it's life.")




The divine being surrounded me with its body in a welcoming embrace, a feeling that I had only ever felt once.. When Hart had smiled at me again after so long.. And it was then I was no longer afraid..
Because I knew.. I would be one with this divine creature of the universe and watch over them all as their guardian.. Maybe then they would never be truly alone.. Maybe then I would never leave them..
Yes.. I would be the universe.. I will be Numeron..


("Okay. It's a promise, then.")


Maybe I can keep my promise to you, Hart.... But I will not blame you for the lies that I may have told you... What seemed to be truth, and what was made a lie.. I can understand if you hate me...
I hate myself too... For leaving you alone the way I did....











I heard your voice... Your tear stricken voice that broke my galactic heart... What I would give to see your smile again....













I heard your voice, brother....







I heard you scream...

















"BIG BROTHEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!!!!!"













("It would be mean to keep it in a cage the rest of it's life.")




















I'm sorry, my little brother... Hart...




















..And I love you..