Hey im back with more. Ill update as fast as I can but don't hold your breath, each chapter is a stand alone so don't worry about cliffhangers. I'm having some trouble with open office so work with me on how it reads. I'll fix it as soon as I can. Please review and help with punctuation. If anyone wants to beta be my guest and tell me.
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To make someone proud

It had been a long shift. Hikaru Sulu had just gotten off a long shift on planet helping colonists rebuild after a flood. He had seen things that no one should ever see: dead parents, orphan children, dead children- It was horrible. He just wanted to go to sleep. It had been so emotionally draining. Why should he stay in space? Hikaru didn't know if he could handle something like this again. He couldn't do it, he just couldn't do it. Closing his eyes, Sulu felt a flashback come that he couldn't shake. He felt the dog tags press against his chest

"Hey, Hike, What's goin' on?" Hikaru's brother walked into the room. Today was Hike's birthday. He was turning six.

"Hey Wen, guess what! Dad got me a helicopter with one of those controls so you can actually fly it, you wanna help me set it up?" His little brother's eyes were so wide and he was smiling with such joy that he just couldn't say no, but then again, he never could. He loved his little brother.

"Ya, sure, but I got you something too" he passed his brother a nicely wrapped box. Hikaru was surprised and took the box. After staring at it for a minute he opened it. It was a nice box. He opened it to find a necklace inside. He stared at it with curiosity. Why would his brother get him a necklace? It was metal and had a tag on the end. He looked at his brother with a question on his face.

"Why did you get me a necklace?" Hikaru asked

"Its not just any necklace, read it" Wen said pointing to the tag. Sure enough, written on it was

Hikaru Sulu

5-10-22

"Turn it over" The back read

Happy Birthday

Make me proud

-Wen

Next to the words were a tiny picture of a plane. Hikaru loved planes and anything that flew really.

"It's called a dog tag, they were used by armies long ago, I thought you might like it" Wen said. Hikaru put it on immediately and jumped on his big brother.

"Thanks Wen, I love it" smile big as ever

"Come on, let's go fly that helicopter!"

Hikaru followed his brother blindly, as he always had, and always would. "Hike, Im goin' for a ride, you wanna come?" Wen called to his younger brother. Hike was ten and still worshiped his older brother, 4 years his senior.

"Get off of me!" Hikaru yelled as two guys came up from behind him

"hey Hike, whats with the necklace. Don't girls wear necklaces, is there something you want to tell us?" It was the school bully. He was always picking on Hikaru.

"Go away their mine!" He had taken the dog tags that his brother had given him four years ago.

"Give them back" he said as they pushed him to the ground and the pavement scrapped his shoulder.

"Those are mine" he said quietly. He could feel himself begin to cry. He would not cry, he was too old for that stuff.

"Whats going on here?" Hike looked up in relief. It was Wen coming to save him. Just as he always had.

"They took my tags!" Hike cried. His Brother easily had four inches on the bully. "Is this true?" he looked at him. He dropped the tags, backed up and ran away. Wen picked them up and stared at them for a while. "I didn't know you still wore these" Wen said quietly as he handed them back to his little brother.

"I never took them off" Hikaru said quietly.

"Hike, I wanna teach you how to fight" He said seriously

"Okay" he said curiously

"I never want you to start a fight, but I always want you to finish one"

"I know" He was so wide eyed and trusting of his brother

Wen smiled "I love you kid" and he meant it

"Hike, I'm goin' for a ride, you wanna come?" Wen called to his younger brother. Hike was ten and still worshiped his older brother, 4 years his senior.

"Ya, I'll be there in a second!" he yelled from upstairs. Hikaru ran downstairs. His brother had just gotten his pilot's license. Nearly falling down the stairs in excitement, he rushed over to his brother. He had just passed the test. The family had a plane (for some reason) and they went over to it.

Wen was going to let his brother ride as co-pilot even if he didn't do anything.

"So, Hike, I'm gonna start to take off and what I need you to do is--"

"--watch the altimeter?" He asked

"Uh, ya now I need you to tell me when it reaches--"

"2,000 feet?" He finished

"Ya, how did you know that stuff?" Wen was confused, that had been some of the hardest stuff to learn. At exactly what height to do exactly what.

"I don't know, I got bored so I Started to read about pilot stuff. Its really cool." His eyes were really big as he explained everything. "I wanna be a pilot just like you"

He smiled as he looked at his little brother, he gave a small laugh under his breath "I don't get you kid, but I love you"

Hikaru tried his best not to show how much he swelled up with his brother said that.

"Hey Hike, you wanna come with me for a ride on my motorcycle?"

"Ya, sure" fifteen year old Hikaru came downstairs.

"Hop on" Wen gave him his patented smile, he never could resist. Hikaru held onto his brother tightly as they rode. Wen put on a helmet but he didn't make his brother. They got onto the road and were going way too fast, but they were having fun.

"Hike put on the helmet, its bothering me"

"Okay" He took I hesitantly, Hike really didn't want it, but it wasn't worth putting up a fight.

"I want you to know that I love you" Wen said, his voice was strained

"Ya, I know that" He was confused, he didn't talk like that, it seemed kind of random.

"Make me proud Hikaru" His brother was scarred but trying to hide it. He was going too fast and they hit a building.

Only one survived

On later inspection, it was revealed that someone had cut the brake lines. Wen gave his brother his helmet when he found out and told him he loved him and to make him proud. He saved his brother.

Back to reality, he opened his eyes and held back tears. He held his dog tags tightly in his hand.

He knew why he had to keep fighting, he had to make sure his brother did not die in vain, to make him proud.