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Summary: At long last they had done it! Kakeru had achieved his brother's dream and Suguru soul could finally be put to rest... or so he thought. Imagine Suguru surprise waking up as a new born with a note attached to him.
Loneliness...
That was the first real emotion he felt as he opened his eyes only to meet the same fog that had haunted him for countless days but this time, he didn't wake up.
He couldn't wake up.
This was his prison.
He had died.
He couldn't help the tears from falling, his only hope, was that Kakeru had made it out alive.
If his little brother was okay than he could endure this place.
The loneliness.
The solitude.
*Thump *Thump*.
Suguru heard the sound of a beating heart and he guided his left hand to his chest.
Why did it feel like Kakeru was here with him?
That's because he was.
The moment he touched his heart, he felt fiscally connected to his little brother, he could see through the eyes of Kakeru and could temporally take control of his body even if it was for a short period of time.
But why?
Kakeru had his heart.
To save his little brother life, the doctors had transplanted his heart into Kakeru, who didn't take it very well that his organ donor was his own big brother but he didn't care.
Sugure would have given his own heart freely if that meant his little knight could become a true knight, although he was sad about not being there with Kakeru fiscally but if their spirits were connected.
Perhaps he could use this, to help his little brother out?
Use this connection to help Kakeru become the player that Sugure himself, dreamed he would be.
However all great things must come at a cost and he eventually found that out when his action caused Kakeru to go into a short coma.
He draw back his link, looking absolutely horrified.
Did this mean that the more he interfered with his little brother, the more he hurt Kakeru?
He started thinking more carefully after that.
His connection to him became minimum, only whispering words of advice to him and only interfering when it was absolutely necessary.
He was proud to see his Knight try so hard to fulfil the dream that he had told Kakeru about, on the last day of his life, Kakeru was becoming a true striker in the making and seeing him grow made his prison a lot more bearable.
Until the day that Kakeru fulfilled his, no their dream.
Sugure felt an overwhelming sense of peace.
He had a feeling that he could finally leave this place and pass on, that it was okay to leave the future to Kakeru, that his little brother no longer needed him.
He was going to miss his connection with his little brother and especially being on the field with his old team mates, it was sad that he would never get to see his family again but he accepted his death as fate.
What used was he if he stuck around, when the person anchoring him down no longer needed him?
He started to glow brightly and appeared before Kakeru very eyes, one last time to tell him how proud he was for not giving up on soccer and following his heart, much to those who know him personally shock at seeing the late Suguru Aizawa with the biggest smile on his face giving them all a finally farewell, he grow transparent before disappearing completely.
The image of a crying Kakeru would forever be burned into his mind, he know that not only were they tears of sadness but also joy.
He felt so much at peace, that he just drifted towards the light.
He woke up to the sound of a baby crying.
What the hell!?
Did he dream all that up?
He tried to turn his head but for some reason he couldn't move, he received enough visuals to know he was in a giant bedroom.
"Congratulations, Miss Sanders. It's a baby boy" Someone said, in a language he recognized as English.
He tried to speak but that baby's voice was there again.
No he was in denial.
He know he was that baby.
Wasn't he supposed to 'pass on' or go to 'heaven'!?
So why was he stuck in a baby's body!?
"Your child is very aware" the same voice said. "It's like he understands us. You have a very special baby boy"
Suguru know enough to know that 'special' didn't always mean good especially when you're a baby that's not even an hour old.
But luckily he drifted off to sleep when feminine arms wrapped around his now small frame and the door burst open.
Fast forward to a week when he was finally brought 'home' by the woman who apparently was his new mother and he had managed to gain enough remote function to turn his head to see that there was a piece of paper attached to him.
Nobody else seemed to be able to see it whenever he was bathed or held by a nurse or his new mother however he didn't have the strength or remote capacity to take the paper and rip it off so he could read it.
During this time, he met his new father, the man was very tall, with blond hair and chocolate brown eyes and boy, was the man happy to see him.
Sugure couldn't count how many times he had been pulled away and squeeze into the man arms while the man, made uncomfortable cooing noises that made him want to escape.
If his siblings could see their older brother now…
The house that he was taken into was moderate size and had a calm feeling as if you were swimming in the ocean.
At the same time, he first laid eyes on a shy 4 year old who had blond hair but purple eyes hiding behind the man who could easily cuddle him to death, Sugure had never seen such vibrate purple eyes before, it made him wonder if perhaps he was not on earth or in an ultimate dimension.
For once, he found it ironic that he was now the younger brother instead of the oldest putting him in the place of Kakeru which he found funny since he was now expected to look up to his 'older brother' like who Kakeru and his little sister, Mito looked up to him.
His eyes found themselves going to the swimming trophies on top of some shelves and pictures of a much younger version of the man known as his father, sporting several gold medals around his neck and separate other trophies that we're from gymnastics, in them was the woman of the house looking much younger and balancing on a pole in the air with a gold medal around her neck.
What kind of crazy family had he been born into?
Everyone knows that the children of two medallist would be pushed into sports whether they like it or not due to expectations, hopefully the pressure won't be 'the whole of the country future on your shoulders', type of pressure like his past life.
The couple had brilliantly named him Raphael Sanders and the toddlers name was James Sanders.
It was a very awkward the first few weeks, where the toddler didn't know whether to stare at him or to avoid him like the plague but to his amusement apparently taking the fall for something his brother did ranked high in the toddlers mind and he soon found out, that to his horror that James took after the man of the house.
James became very affectionate towards him and wouldn't stop trying to squeeze the life out of him through his super powered hugs while the man and woman of the house wore smiles on their faces seeing how ' close' they were, oblivious to how his face was turning purple from the lack of oxygen getting to his lungs.
Remember when he said, they were expected to go into sports?
Well when he finally turned four, an age that was safe to train for sports without being seen as a child abuser, they went on a 'family outing' which was really a way to see which sport they were best suited for in the future.
James had inherited his father knack for swimming which was expected while he played soccer and he had finally gotten rid of the piece of paper on his back that had been glued to him for four years, imagine his surprise when he saw writing on the paper written in blue ink.
The note stated that he had been reborn two years into the future due to a miscalculation along with his memories.
They couldn't pull him out now because he was already established in the time line and there was a course already set for him, pulling him out could throw the course of the world off track and into some unknown future.
It also stated how disastrous it would be if people discovered that he was the late Suguru Aizawa and the effect it would cause would be a massive problem especially with two families that we're never meant to be involved with each other.
Raphael thought they had picked the worst person to be writing this too, because for one, his playing style was well known all around the world and he had pretty much encountered every big player out there that had been around his age.
There was no way, some observant people who know Suguru wouldn't make the connection between him and his old self.
Then as if reading his mind, words were added to the bottom of the slip of paper.
The words stated that if someone were to find out about him than, he should state that he doesn't remember his life as Suguru Aizawa and make it a point to make as little of contact as possible between that person even if it was a family member.
The chances were, that someone calling him Suguru in public and in private would be greatly decreased if he shows no interest in getting to know them.
Raphael thought this was cruel, what about his old family? What about his team and rival?
Than he realised that by the time he hit 15, everything he know would be gone.
Everyone would have developed their own lives without him, they would all be adults.
No matter how hard he tried to fit in, he would be so out of place that it just won't work, everyone would have been so different and a lot more mature that he wouldn't even know what was happening, 17 years was a large gap from 2.
It would be like a child trying to fit in with a bunch of bears.
It would be foolish trying to scrap back together what he had as Sugure Aizawa.
He should focus on his life as Raphael not Suguru and that meant accepting the people in this house as his family.
The family that he fit in with and needed him.
James came into the room to find his little brother crying.
"What wro-"James began, sounding worried before he was cut off as Raphael flung himself at him, willingly and hugged him tight as if afraid that he would disappear.
"James Nii-san"
James tried to be cool but Damn it!
James couldn't stop himself from expressing how stupidly happy he was.
His little brother had finally called him Nii-san!
And scene!
I hope you enjoyed this one-shot, even though I'm already thinking about chapter 2 and it's a quarter done, lol. This story is based after cannon and everyone is either married or fully grown adults. I decided to do this since there was a lack of Area no Kishi fanfiction out there even though the series is so good and the stories out there are mostly centred on fluff with no real story line except for maybe two fanfics. Please Review/ Fav and follow!