TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN
Chapter one; Twins
Genki sighed laying sprawled out on his bed, his head half off the mattress as he stared out his bed room window at the setting sun which turned the sky a diffused golden pink. The pollution made thick purple smog clouds. The dirt and unfriendliness of the city was still something he was having a hard time adjusting too. It had been two years since his adventures in the monster world came to an end. Well, almost three, in two weeks he would turn thirteen years old, but he really did not care about that. He wasn't looking forward to it. Everyday that went by without his friends, Holly, Mocchi, Suzo, Tiger, Hare, Golem., was a nightmare. It felt with every moment that ticked by that they were getting farther and farther away. He did not play monster games anymore, in fact he gave away the majority of his monster stuff unable to endure the memories-no, it was more that he was unable to endure the fact that they weren't real anymore-once again the monster world was just a game... He'd be the first one to admit that he had fallen into a helpless rut, he just did not feel like doing anything anymore. His grief over the lost of his friends had been so profound that he had taken ill the first night at home and since then he had been weak and unable to do much of anything anymore-most of the time he was bedridden, he had lost almost, if not all, of his energy and he rarely smiled anymore. How could he? Now that all his friends were gone...he just could not find the will power to smile. His family had been worried about him of course when he had gone missing during his stay in the monster world, but he never told them the truth of what had happened. He had took advantage of his illness to fake memory lost. Today was almost like every other day of his deep depression, except that it was worst since it was coming closer and closer to the date where the adventure had ended . To think-the worst day of his life turned out to be on his very birthday...some birthday present that was...
"Genki...?"
He glanced at the closed door as the voiced called his name. "Come in."
His brother Senki came into the room, quietly closing the door behind him. Senki was the only one he was still close to, but even him he never told the adventure of the monster world about. Senki was a tall, lanky boy with dark brown hair with messy bangs and a short spiky pony tail, he wore a pair of baggy blue jeans, a loose white T shirt with a long sleeved black shirt underneath, with a blue base ball cap that had an orange S on the back of it. Senki looked just like him, which made sense because they were identical twins. Even their hair was the same, when Genki had decided to let his grow out Senki copied him, copying him was something that Senki liked to do. Even their clothes were almost the same. Genki himself wore a pair of baggy blue jeans, except he had a loose *black* T shirt with a long sleeved *white* shirt underneath with his usual orange baseball cap with the blue G in the back. Senki was the elder of the twins, but even so he had always been the more dependant one, at least until recently, being that he had a shy and withdrawn nature. He had taken his absence while he was away in the monster world rather hard. He remembered that night when he came back that Senki had latched onto him and cried, and cried, and cried, and begged him never to leave like that again. Genki had promised that he wouldn't feeling guilty about making his brother cry, but...when he took ill he had to go in the hospital for a few months, leaving Senki at home by himself again. Senki came everyday as early as humanly possible to visit him and stayed until closing time. Now that he was back home, Senki was still depressed because he was not acting like his old self. There was hardly a minuet when he wasn't in his room with him.
"Senki, what is it?" Genki asked as his brother sat down next to him on the bed.
"I know I said this before, but I'm worried about you. You've changed since you went missing that time...."
Changed. Yes, he suppose that he had changed a lot since those days. Who wouldn't of? Seeing all of his friends die...and being the one whom kind of killed them because he had been the one to fuse them into the Phoenix. He had saw so much pain in that world and had fought so many hard battles and in the end of it all, he had ended up being gotten rid of the second he wasn't needed anymore. It felt as though the whole monster world had betrayed him. Since then he was afraid to have friends, not wanting to loose them or hurt them, and he had been afraid to trust others-he did not want to be used and then tossed aside when he wasn't needed ever again. This caused him to become anti-social, bitter and reclusive. When he looked at himself in the mirror he did not see that clear eyed ten year old boy looking back at him anymore... No doubt Senki noticed the change in his expression, Senki noticed everything. They had a bond between then, a sort of twin physic connection- they could even tell what the other was thinking just by being in the same room with him. Sometimes they could even speak to each other with their mind or see what the other was seeing-some people thought it was freaky, others thought it was cool. He did not know if it was freaky or cool, perhaps it was both.
"Yeah, I did."
"Why?"
"............"
"Before then we could tell each other anything. Genki...don't you trust me anymore?"
"Of course I do."
"Then why wont you tell me what happened to you?" Senki looked up at him sadly. "You promised me once when we were small...no secrets."
"You'd never believe me."
"Genki..." Senki sounded hurt.
Genki rolled over onto his stomach with a sigh, the sun had went down entirely leaving only a flicker of light remaining.
"It's not that I don't trust you Senki...it's just that even I am finding it hard to believe it happened myself. If I told you, it would only burden and trouble you so just forget about it. It doesn't matter, I'm hear now."
"How are you feeling?"
"Still a bit weak, and I can't stand for long without getting dizzy but I'll be alright. It's not as bad as it usually is."
"That's good." Senki was silent for a few moments before finally speaking again. They had the same voice, almost except that Senki was a lot more quite when he spoke. "Genki, why not we go outside? You've haven't been out in a long while...."
"I can't go far..."
"I know. Just down to the park, we use to go bladeing there all the time there."
"I'd love to blade...but..."
"I know. Could you watch a few of my new moves then?"
"Sure. Ok." Genki smiled at his brother who rushed off to get his skates excitedly.
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The short ten minuet walk to the park had exhausted him. It was kind of shameful considering how much energy he use to have. Genki did not think he would ever recover from the illness. He knew it was more physiological then anything else, but the depression had taken an tremendous toll on both his body and spirit. Still he smiled as he watched Senki zip back and forth on his skates. While Genki's skates had been orange and yellow, the main part orange, Senki's skates were the same color except that the main part of them were yellow. Most of their items and clothing were the same except for reverses in color. Genki sat on the bench watching him, the moonlight was pretty and made the park look very pleasant. Normally their mother did not allow them out at night but since the park was so close. Of course close or not, she no longer let him outside without Senki, even during day time. Not that he could wander far from home anymore anyway....just walking to the park was pretty hard for him now. Senki zipped in front of him with a concerned smile.
"Are you rested?"
"Yeah."
Senki sat down next to him, sighed softly. "Genki...I know you don't think I'll believe you, but I would really like to know what happened to you. I never believed the memory loss story that you've fed mom and dad...."
"It's hard for me to talk about it."
"Even to me? We'd always tell each other everything."
"I know."
"You promised no secrets so please...."
Genki turned to his brother Senki with a soft smile, seeing that his twin was on the verge of crying. He shook his head softly.
"Don't worry Senki. I'll tell you someday, it's just so hard for me right now...."
"I understand. Genki.....?"
"Promise me something."
"What?"
Senki held out his finger in a pinkie swear. "Promise that we'll always be together. That you wont ever forget about me."
"I promise." Genki smiled hooking his pinkie around his twin's. Before their hands could part there was a huge flash of light and the two boys pulled back startled as a colorful portal appeared in front of them.
"That's!" Genki gasped recognizing it as the portal to the monster world.
"Genki!" Senki cried latching onto him tightly as the portal began to pull them inside of it.
"Senki!" Genki held his brother tightly as they were sucked into the portal.
Chapter one; Twins
Genki sighed laying sprawled out on his bed, his head half off the mattress as he stared out his bed room window at the setting sun which turned the sky a diffused golden pink. The pollution made thick purple smog clouds. The dirt and unfriendliness of the city was still something he was having a hard time adjusting too. It had been two years since his adventures in the monster world came to an end. Well, almost three, in two weeks he would turn thirteen years old, but he really did not care about that. He wasn't looking forward to it. Everyday that went by without his friends, Holly, Mocchi, Suzo, Tiger, Hare, Golem., was a nightmare. It felt with every moment that ticked by that they were getting farther and farther away. He did not play monster games anymore, in fact he gave away the majority of his monster stuff unable to endure the memories-no, it was more that he was unable to endure the fact that they weren't real anymore-once again the monster world was just a game... He'd be the first one to admit that he had fallen into a helpless rut, he just did not feel like doing anything anymore. His grief over the lost of his friends had been so profound that he had taken ill the first night at home and since then he had been weak and unable to do much of anything anymore-most of the time he was bedridden, he had lost almost, if not all, of his energy and he rarely smiled anymore. How could he? Now that all his friends were gone...he just could not find the will power to smile. His family had been worried about him of course when he had gone missing during his stay in the monster world, but he never told them the truth of what had happened. He had took advantage of his illness to fake memory lost. Today was almost like every other day of his deep depression, except that it was worst since it was coming closer and closer to the date where the adventure had ended . To think-the worst day of his life turned out to be on his very birthday...some birthday present that was...
"Genki...?"
He glanced at the closed door as the voiced called his name. "Come in."
His brother Senki came into the room, quietly closing the door behind him. Senki was the only one he was still close to, but even him he never told the adventure of the monster world about. Senki was a tall, lanky boy with dark brown hair with messy bangs and a short spiky pony tail, he wore a pair of baggy blue jeans, a loose white T shirt with a long sleeved black shirt underneath, with a blue base ball cap that had an orange S on the back of it. Senki looked just like him, which made sense because they were identical twins. Even their hair was the same, when Genki had decided to let his grow out Senki copied him, copying him was something that Senki liked to do. Even their clothes were almost the same. Genki himself wore a pair of baggy blue jeans, except he had a loose *black* T shirt with a long sleeved *white* shirt underneath with his usual orange baseball cap with the blue G in the back. Senki was the elder of the twins, but even so he had always been the more dependant one, at least until recently, being that he had a shy and withdrawn nature. He had taken his absence while he was away in the monster world rather hard. He remembered that night when he came back that Senki had latched onto him and cried, and cried, and cried, and begged him never to leave like that again. Genki had promised that he wouldn't feeling guilty about making his brother cry, but...when he took ill he had to go in the hospital for a few months, leaving Senki at home by himself again. Senki came everyday as early as humanly possible to visit him and stayed until closing time. Now that he was back home, Senki was still depressed because he was not acting like his old self. There was hardly a minuet when he wasn't in his room with him.
"Senki, what is it?" Genki asked as his brother sat down next to him on the bed.
"I know I said this before, but I'm worried about you. You've changed since you went missing that time...."
Changed. Yes, he suppose that he had changed a lot since those days. Who wouldn't of? Seeing all of his friends die...and being the one whom kind of killed them because he had been the one to fuse them into the Phoenix. He had saw so much pain in that world and had fought so many hard battles and in the end of it all, he had ended up being gotten rid of the second he wasn't needed anymore. It felt as though the whole monster world had betrayed him. Since then he was afraid to have friends, not wanting to loose them or hurt them, and he had been afraid to trust others-he did not want to be used and then tossed aside when he wasn't needed ever again. This caused him to become anti-social, bitter and reclusive. When he looked at himself in the mirror he did not see that clear eyed ten year old boy looking back at him anymore... No doubt Senki noticed the change in his expression, Senki noticed everything. They had a bond between then, a sort of twin physic connection- they could even tell what the other was thinking just by being in the same room with him. Sometimes they could even speak to each other with their mind or see what the other was seeing-some people thought it was freaky, others thought it was cool. He did not know if it was freaky or cool, perhaps it was both.
"Yeah, I did."
"Why?"
"............"
"Before then we could tell each other anything. Genki...don't you trust me anymore?"
"Of course I do."
"Then why wont you tell me what happened to you?" Senki looked up at him sadly. "You promised me once when we were small...no secrets."
"You'd never believe me."
"Genki..." Senki sounded hurt.
Genki rolled over onto his stomach with a sigh, the sun had went down entirely leaving only a flicker of light remaining.
"It's not that I don't trust you Senki...it's just that even I am finding it hard to believe it happened myself. If I told you, it would only burden and trouble you so just forget about it. It doesn't matter, I'm hear now."
"How are you feeling?"
"Still a bit weak, and I can't stand for long without getting dizzy but I'll be alright. It's not as bad as it usually is."
"That's good." Senki was silent for a few moments before finally speaking again. They had the same voice, almost except that Senki was a lot more quite when he spoke. "Genki, why not we go outside? You've haven't been out in a long while...."
"I can't go far..."
"I know. Just down to the park, we use to go bladeing there all the time there."
"I'd love to blade...but..."
"I know. Could you watch a few of my new moves then?"
"Sure. Ok." Genki smiled at his brother who rushed off to get his skates excitedly.
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The short ten minuet walk to the park had exhausted him. It was kind of shameful considering how much energy he use to have. Genki did not think he would ever recover from the illness. He knew it was more physiological then anything else, but the depression had taken an tremendous toll on both his body and spirit. Still he smiled as he watched Senki zip back and forth on his skates. While Genki's skates had been orange and yellow, the main part orange, Senki's skates were the same color except that the main part of them were yellow. Most of their items and clothing were the same except for reverses in color. Genki sat on the bench watching him, the moonlight was pretty and made the park look very pleasant. Normally their mother did not allow them out at night but since the park was so close. Of course close or not, she no longer let him outside without Senki, even during day time. Not that he could wander far from home anymore anyway....just walking to the park was pretty hard for him now. Senki zipped in front of him with a concerned smile.
"Are you rested?"
"Yeah."
Senki sat down next to him, sighed softly. "Genki...I know you don't think I'll believe you, but I would really like to know what happened to you. I never believed the memory loss story that you've fed mom and dad...."
"It's hard for me to talk about it."
"Even to me? We'd always tell each other everything."
"I know."
"You promised no secrets so please...."
Genki turned to his brother Senki with a soft smile, seeing that his twin was on the verge of crying. He shook his head softly.
"Don't worry Senki. I'll tell you someday, it's just so hard for me right now...."
"I understand. Genki.....?"
"Promise me something."
"What?"
Senki held out his finger in a pinkie swear. "Promise that we'll always be together. That you wont ever forget about me."
"I promise." Genki smiled hooking his pinkie around his twin's. Before their hands could part there was a huge flash of light and the two boys pulled back startled as a colorful portal appeared in front of them.
"That's!" Genki gasped recognizing it as the portal to the monster world.
"Genki!" Senki cried latching onto him tightly as the portal began to pull them inside of it.
"Senki!" Genki held his brother tightly as they were sucked into the portal.