Post by Dessa on Apr 29, 2005 1:21:11 GMT -5
I just wrote this really fast, since I was bored and don't have access to any of my stuff... **sniffsniff** poor chaos....
Anyway, this is what I wrote. Lyserg's POV, and has spoilers up to Episode 60 of SK. You've been warned.
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Nakama
n. company, fellow, colleague, associate, comrade, mate, group, partner, companion
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Nakama. What a strange word. For some, it is simply those whom you travel with. For others, it’s more.
I once thought nothing of the word. After all, it’s just a word, isn’t it? I watched groups pass me by, seeing me as weak. They were nakama, and I was not worth joining them.
When I met Yoh-tachi, I could tell that they were nakamadoushi. They worked together, they traveled together. But what was nakama? They didn’t always get along. They fought with each other, just over a disagreement. Still… could they be my nakama? No. They did not see what I saw. They did not understand what had to be done.
I joined the X-Laws, thinking they could be my nakama. They were very powerful, and they had the same goals as me. They understood the need to take out Hao, and his nakama. But were we truly nakama? When it finally came down to it, was I actually one of them, or was I just a tool they used?
Jeanne-sama had faith in me, at least. She thanked me for showing her my tenshi. My tenshi, who had been with me the whole time. Not the tenshi given to me by those that could’ve been my nakama. I suppose Morphine, my tenshi, is my true nakama.
When I lost the X-Laws, I lost my way. I had my tenshi, my nakama, true, but what would I do now? Everything was lost. Or would’ve been lost, if not for Yoh-tachi. I had betrayed them once, true, but… perhaps I could redeem myself.
When I found them, in that strange land of the Great Spirits, they were deep in battle. Hao no nakama vs. Yoh no nakama. And Hao no nakama were winning. Already, one of Yoh no nakama was lying as dead, and the others would soon join him. Taking strength from my tenshi, I moved forward. Though I could not hope to be counted among their nakama, I knew that if I did not help them, they could not help Yoh. Yoh, who, through it all, had always seemed to believe in me. To trust me. To, perhaps, allow me to be his nakama?
I do not know what happened in that battle. Striving to buy time for the others to save Ren-kun, I fell. I most likely would have died, had they not saved me. Maybe I should have. After all, I had turned my back on those who had been willing to consider me nakama, and it had been proven time and again that I could not live up to my purpose of killing Hao. But I didn’t die. When I awoke, they were all there. Yoh no nakama. Ren-kun. Horohoro-kun. Ryu-san. The other two I knew by name, but not in person. Faust-san. Chocolove-kun.
I did not meet their eyes. How could I? I couldn’t ask for forgiveness. I had no right to expect it. Yet, they accepted me. They treated me as if nothing had happened. They treated me as... as nakama.
Later, I found out what had happened, after I had been knocked out. It appears that Ren-kun had made a full recovery. Before the final blow to me could be made, Ren-kun pulled me from harm’s way, and oversouled Bason. Hao no nakama tried attacking them, but Ren-kun just dove at them, readying his attack. Hao no nakama were calling him, them… us… weak. Saying that we did not have the power that they had. That they were Hao no nakama, and that they would defeat us. Ren-kun told them that they couldn’t win, because they did not know what nakama meant. As he stood, waiting for the dust to settle, Hao no nakama scattered across the barren terrain, he apparently laid me down, and, standing, turned to where the others were running up. To no one in particular, he explained the true meaning of nakama.
Nakama means… friends.
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This is just a rough draft, I'm still working through it.
Anyway, this is what I wrote. Lyserg's POV, and has spoilers up to Episode 60 of SK. You've been warned.
~~~~~
Nakama
n. company, fellow, colleague, associate, comrade, mate, group, partner, companion
~~~~~
Nakama. What a strange word. For some, it is simply those whom you travel with. For others, it’s more.
I once thought nothing of the word. After all, it’s just a word, isn’t it? I watched groups pass me by, seeing me as weak. They were nakama, and I was not worth joining them.
When I met Yoh-tachi, I could tell that they were nakamadoushi. They worked together, they traveled together. But what was nakama? They didn’t always get along. They fought with each other, just over a disagreement. Still… could they be my nakama? No. They did not see what I saw. They did not understand what had to be done.
I joined the X-Laws, thinking they could be my nakama. They were very powerful, and they had the same goals as me. They understood the need to take out Hao, and his nakama. But were we truly nakama? When it finally came down to it, was I actually one of them, or was I just a tool they used?
Jeanne-sama had faith in me, at least. She thanked me for showing her my tenshi. My tenshi, who had been with me the whole time. Not the tenshi given to me by those that could’ve been my nakama. I suppose Morphine, my tenshi, is my true nakama.
When I lost the X-Laws, I lost my way. I had my tenshi, my nakama, true, but what would I do now? Everything was lost. Or would’ve been lost, if not for Yoh-tachi. I had betrayed them once, true, but… perhaps I could redeem myself.
When I found them, in that strange land of the Great Spirits, they were deep in battle. Hao no nakama vs. Yoh no nakama. And Hao no nakama were winning. Already, one of Yoh no nakama was lying as dead, and the others would soon join him. Taking strength from my tenshi, I moved forward. Though I could not hope to be counted among their nakama, I knew that if I did not help them, they could not help Yoh. Yoh, who, through it all, had always seemed to believe in me. To trust me. To, perhaps, allow me to be his nakama?
I do not know what happened in that battle. Striving to buy time for the others to save Ren-kun, I fell. I most likely would have died, had they not saved me. Maybe I should have. After all, I had turned my back on those who had been willing to consider me nakama, and it had been proven time and again that I could not live up to my purpose of killing Hao. But I didn’t die. When I awoke, they were all there. Yoh no nakama. Ren-kun. Horohoro-kun. Ryu-san. The other two I knew by name, but not in person. Faust-san. Chocolove-kun.
I did not meet their eyes. How could I? I couldn’t ask for forgiveness. I had no right to expect it. Yet, they accepted me. They treated me as if nothing had happened. They treated me as... as nakama.
Later, I found out what had happened, after I had been knocked out. It appears that Ren-kun had made a full recovery. Before the final blow to me could be made, Ren-kun pulled me from harm’s way, and oversouled Bason. Hao no nakama tried attacking them, but Ren-kun just dove at them, readying his attack. Hao no nakama were calling him, them… us… weak. Saying that we did not have the power that they had. That they were Hao no nakama, and that they would defeat us. Ren-kun told them that they couldn’t win, because they did not know what nakama meant. As he stood, waiting for the dust to settle, Hao no nakama scattered across the barren terrain, he apparently laid me down, and, standing, turned to where the others were running up. To no one in particular, he explained the true meaning of nakama.
Nakama means… friends.
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This is just a rough draft, I'm still working through it.
