Waaaah I am so sorry for not updating sooner D: It's been what? Like two weeks now? I really am sorry then ;-; My laptop died with all of my story drafts on (Go figure) so I had to wait to buy a new one, then wait to get word installed on it…it was also my birthday :D And my brother's today (Which is why I wrote this, for some reason) so we were busy with family things eee. Anyways, order Is restored now, and hopefully I can get some more up soon, or at least quicker than this one!
Thank you soo sooooo much for all of your kind reviews however. :3 They really make me happy hehe.
Prepare for a cheesy opening.
"Ha! Just give it up already…there's no way that you can defeat me now! I'm more powerful than you all!"
"I wouldn't count on that!"
"What? Esper Star Sparrow? But this cannot be, I sealed you away for all eternity within the unbreakable prison gates!"
"That's only what you thought! There was no way that measly prison would ever have kept me locked away! My friends were counting on me after all, and with their powers I managed to escape!"
"Impossible…"
"Sorry, Galaxy King, but you'll never be as powerful as us as long as you have no understanding of friendship!"
"Go and get him, Sparrow!"
Raising a fist in the air in triumph, Haruto could practically feel himself shaking with anticipation; tonight was the exciting conclusion of the long awaited battle between Esper Star Sparrow and the Galaxy King, and the young boy had practically glued himself to the TV screen so he would be sure that he wouldn't miss a single piece of the action.
"No, no! Get up, quick, he's right there!" Biting his bottom lip anxiously, he placed his hands either side of small screen, willing with all of his might that The Sparrow's attack would hit.
"Haruto…come away from the screen, you'll ruin your eyes." Walking in quietly, the older of the brothers carefully manoeuvred his way around the dark room, patting the objects which he came in contact with before setting down next to his brother what seemed to be the 10th warm drink that night.
"Not now brother! Shuush, I need to see what happens!"
Sighing heavily, Kaito flopped back into the chair behind him, wincing a little as the harsh light of the television shone in his eyes; he'd tried to persuade Haruto to at least turn a light on whilst watching the show, but all of his attempts failed. Even when he gave in and tried to sneakily turn it on himself, Haruto pushed him out of the way to turn it straight back off again, rebuking his older brother for 'disturbing the mood' or something like that.
It was the eve before Haruto's birthday, and Kaito had promised him that he could stay up and watch the episodes of Esper Star Sparrow that night before going to bed. Placing his cheek in the palm of his hand, he now realised that perhaps it wasn't such a good idea…or maybe it would have been, if Haruto told him that they were holding an 8 episode marathon that day.
"Haruto…" noticing that his brother was getting even closer to the screen, he tried once more in vain to get him to move; he wondered how he could even see what was going on with his face pressed up against the glass like that. "Come on, ple-"
"YES SPARROW!"
Flinging himself away from the screen at last, Haruto flung his arms out wildly with joy at seeing that the Sparrow (Surprisingly enough) had managed to defeat the Galaxy King at long last. His excitement may have been too much, however, and Kaito had to practically leap out of his chair to save his younger brother from getting scolded by the drink which he was coming ever so close to knocking over.
"Are…we done now?" He asked in defeat, half lying on the floor in his attempt to save his brother (and also admittedly the carpet) from getting drenched in the boiling hot, familiar brown coloured liquid.
"DID YOU SEE THAT, BROTHER?" Ignoring Kaito's previous statement, Haruto turned around to face him, his fists curled up into tight little balls due to his excitement, "The Sparrow-wait …why are you on the floor?"
"No..no reason." Gritting his teeth, Kaito put the drink out of harm's reach, before picking himself up off of the carpet, "Is it done now? Are you ready for bed?" he asked quietly, fumbling around for the light switch at last.
"Yeah…it's done." Came the half sad reply from the younger brother as he watched Kaito turn the tv off, "But I'm not tired! Watching all of that makes me want to see space!"
Holding back a laugh, Kaito reached down to ruffle the younger boy's hair playfully, "Space,huh? Well, that's pretty hard to reach."
Looking down for a moment, Haruto considered his brother's words before walking over to him slowly, reaching into the box attached to his belt, with a thoughtful look on his face.
"H-Haruto? What are you…what did I say about other people and their-"
"Here it is!"
A slightly embarrassed Kaito looked down tpo insepect what his brother had found.
"Photon Pressure World?"
"Yeah", Looking pleased with himself, Haruto held the card up to catch a better look at it, "I remember when you duel and use this, the field turns into space! So we can use this to go there, right?"
Chuckling lightly, Kaito placed a hand on his brother's shoulders – his innocence was sometimes so great that it made him naïve.
"I'm afraid that we can't go there either, unless we duel, and you don't know how just yet."
"But I…" pouting slightly, Haruto stared down at the card intently, like it was going to magically turn their surroundings into the desired location if he tried hard enough.
Feeling a slight tinge go through his heart at the sight of his shot down brother, Kaito looked about the room quickly, trying to find a way to cheer him up again. His gaze quickly landed on the window, and he smiled as he closed the curtains.
"Hey, Haruto," he called out to gain his brother's attention, "I know what we can do to see space."
"W-what? Really?"
"Yup! It won't be the same as actually going to space, but you'll still see the same scenery that Sparrow sees."
"Show me!"
A wide grin now spreading across his face, Haruto giggled as he was instructed by Kaito to put on his coat and shoes, before running down the stairs of their house, where he quickly pushed the front door open, yelling at his older brother to hurry up as he waited impatiently at the door step. When they were a sufficient distance into the garden, Kaito sat down on the slightly dewy grass, before patting next to him to instruct Haruto to do the same thing.
"So…" he said after sitting down and running his hands across the top of the grass to try and catch the dew drops, "what are we out here for? " Haruto spoke quietly, not wanting to disturb the tranquillity of night time.
Taking his brother's hand in his own, Kaito smiled, "look up." He simply stated, shivering slightly at the cool night breeze.
Upon looking up, Kaito thought that he would have to surpress his brother from calling out widly at the site before him.
"I-It's so amazing!" he explained more than excitedly, whilst gripping his brother's hand back tightly, "That's where the Sparrow goes! Along with all of his friends and the galaxy King and Queen!"
"Ahaha, yeah…"
"It's so cool! But what are those patterns in the sky, brother?"
"Patterns?" Confused, Kaito looked up at the sky himself, quickly catching on to what his brother was referring too, "Oh, they're constellations."
"Constellations?" tilting his head to the side in confusion, Haruto looked to his brother for answers.
"Constellations are images created by the starts in the sky to tell stories" he began to explain, inwardly chuckling at the look on his brother's face. "See, if you look up there…" he pointed with his finger, directing Haruto to the correct spot in the sky, "You can see the outline of the Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
"Ohhh, that's so neat!" Not taking his eyes off the legendary dragon, Haruto scanned the entire outline in awe, taking in how incredible it was, "Are there any others?" he asked inquisitively.
"Of course, Let's see here…" Scanning the stars, Kaito found out several more to pick from, "Ah! Here's Elemental Hero Neos!" he exclaimed, smiling himself at the site.
"W-where? I can't see it!"
"Here…lifting the hand which he was holding up, Kaito directed his brother to the location of the image, gaining a loud giggle in response when he finally found it himself.
They took a few more minutes to find and pick out various popular constellations, Kaito each time giving Haruto an explanation to the story behind each one if he was unsure, and in turn Haruto asked his brother questions about what he was showing him.
Eventually they flopped back down onto their backs, the wet grass tickling their now aching necks and they did so.
"This is really great, brother…" Haruto mumbled, getting increasingly tired.
"It is, isn't it? Almost better than actually going into space yourself, huh?" laughing in response, Kaito untangled his fingers from his brother's tight grip to put his arm around him upon noticing him shivering, "We should probably get back inside, shall we go?"
Feeling the nod of his head in response, Kaito sat up on the grass, before lifting the almost asleep Haruto up in his arms, glad that the boy had actually calmed down enough to sleep that night.
As he walked back across the garden, a small sparkle caught in the corner of the blonde haired boy's eyes. Stopping, he looked up, before slightly nudging Haruto to look up with him.
"What is it?" he whispered with a yawn, burying his face into the collar of Kaito's coat.
"There's shooting stars tonight" he replied, causing the younger boy to lift his head up quickly, almost coming into contact with Kaito's chin, "I heard there were going to be some on the news, which is why I brought you out here, but I didn't think that we were actually going to be able to see any…"
Waiting patiently, the two boys williningly kept their focus (And in Haruto's case, he willed his eyes to stay open also) on the night sky, anticipating the next shooting star.
A few minutes passed before the next star arrived, bringing with it a beautiful tail of golden light which reflected in the two brothers eyes as they followed it across the sky.
"Make a wish, Haruto. It's not every day you see one of these."
For a moment Haruto paused, whilst opening and closing his mouth a few times whilst deciding on what he wanted. The star was long gone by the time he had made up his mind, and he was sure that his wish wouldn't come true now, but he could try anyways, since his brother seemed so eager for him too.
"I wish…" he began, before focusing on the constellation of the Blue Eyes White Dragon again, " to be a hero, just like brother."
"Like brother?" Shocked, Kaito looked at his brother expectantly, wondering what on earth made him believe that he of all people was a hero.
"Yeah. Brother also fights in space, just like all of these other great heroes, so that must make brother a hero too."
Feeling a slight tinge of remorse run throughout him, Kaito smiled sadly, "You must be really tired, let's go to bed now" he simply replied. One day he promised he would tell his brother about what he did to collect numbers, and he finally thought that he would be old enough to understand. But after hearing that statement, he decided that perhaps now wasn't the best time. He didn't want his only family left to see him as a villain.
Locking the door as they entered the pleasantly warm house again, Kaito took his brother's coat and main layers of clothing off before putting him in his pyjamas and setting him into bed, he was already asleep, and waking him up just for something so meagre seemed pointless.
As he tucked up the quilts, Kaito took something out of his pocket and tucked it under his brother's pillow, whispering a small 'happy birthday' to his brother before placing a quick kiss on his forehead.
Turning to leave the room and head to bed himself, he took another quick peek at his brother before turning off the small lamp in the corner of his room.
Kaito wondered what his brother would think of him when his 'secret's' were finally revealed, but for now, he decided, he would leave it and just let Haruto decide from watching his duels.
He would, after all, be getting very close to them soon.
Smiling, Kaito took his coat off and wondered about the expression which his brother would wear when he woke up in the morning and discovered a deck almost identical to his own hiding underneath his pillow; the day's first birthday present.
Awww yay cheesy stories aaaah.
EDIT: A reviewer reminded me that I got the name of the card I mentioned wrong. I even looked up the name of the card to make sure it was correct first and still put the wrong name down =w= Thank you! Since I can't send you a message ehe. I need to write these before sorting through my card collection aaaah D: All has been fixed c:
Also, is it weird then when I looked up the corrections for Haruto (I was curious as to what they were is all xD ) one of them was Hart? Creepy.
I already have another story/one partly/half written, but it contains OC's, and I'm not really too sure whether people like to see them or not. (There wouldn't be anything romantic, really. I'm not pairing Kaito up with anyone since I've seen so many people pair him up with others, that I might make somebody upset or annoyed, which I don't really want to do.)
Hopefully I'll get another one up sooner though! (whether it's that one or not)
III: Yeah, if you stop looking at weird pictures of me and my brother…
Cele: HEY! That was only once, and that was also the reason as to why I wrote this quickly today.
III: But…it doesn't even have me or brother in it!
Cele: I know, but I felt I had gone too far into the internet when I started seeing those pictures so needed to do something else.
III: You're creepy. But at least you stopped looking, those pictures are…-shudders- I don't wanna remember!
Cele: -hugs III- It will be okay :'c
Anyways, thank you for reading, and review if you wish!
