Broken Bond: Zane Brian Truesdale

Hello, GXers! Wow again! It's a lot of fun to come home and find wonderful things in your email inbox! I'm glad you're all enjoying this so much! Thanks, The Coffee Gladiator and Princess Lena aka Princess Kittuna, for your reviews! The story you are about to read is about Zane, GX's fallen angel. It took me a while to think of a good one that wasn't the Zane we've seen recently. There was a time when Zane did love his little brother, and I'd like to reflect that…

Disclaimer: I so do not own Yu-Gi-Oh GX!

He was known to some as Zane Truesdale, the duelist without mercy. To others, he was known as Hell Kaiser, as his nickname had once been the Kaiser of Duel Academy. But to one boy with aqua-blue hair and sweet gray eyes, he had simply been known as Big Brother. But that time seemed far away to the young man who had just tried to kill the boy with the sweet gray eyes. The Zane that was now didn't care that he had harmed Syrus and that his little brother was on the ground, unconscious and possibly near death, by the way Sy's best friend, Jaden was screaming, sobbing for help. This Zane no longer cared. However, the Zane that had been would have cared and gone back to help his brother…

--Flashback—Seven-year-old Zane and five-year-old Syrus were outside playing. It was a very sunny summer day and the dark-haired boy was riding around on his brand-new two-wheeler while his little brother was riding around on his bike with training wheels.

Zane suddenly had an idea, watching his brother ride. "Hey, Syrus, would you like to ride on my bike?"

Little Syrus stopped his bike for a minute, regarding his little brother for a moment. "Hey, Sy?"

"Yeah, Zane!" The blue-haired soon-to-be-kindergartner was all excited that his soon-to-be-second-grade brother was going to share his bike with him. Sy quickly got off of his bike and walked over to the bigger bike that his brother was holding up. "You really mean it?"

"Yeah, Sy," said Zane with a smile. "I think you can ride without training wheels. If you can, we can ask Daddy to take off your training wheels when he gets home from work."

"All right!" Syrus adjusted his Patroid bike helmet on his head and climbed onto his brother's bike as Zane held it steady for him. Then Zane held onto the bike as Syrus started to pedal. Everything went well… for about a minute. Then as Sy rode the bike without Zane holding on, it began to wobble. Then Syrus lost his balance and fell to the ground. Zane ran forward.

"Syrus, are you okay?!" The little boy was crying and was a mess of blood, snot and tears.

"I hurt my knee, Zane. I need a band-aid." Zane helped his little brother to his feet and they walked into their house, leaving their bikes in the garage. They made their way to the bathroom and Zane got the band-aids and disinfectant out from the cabinet.

"This may hurt a little, Syrus, but I've got to clean the wounds, okay? Be brave." Syrus nodded, and sucked in his breath sharply when Zane placed the disinfectant on his scraped knee and elbow. Then Zane pulled out some Duel Monsters band-aids and placed them on Sy's injuries. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, thanks, Zane. I'm sorry…"

"Sorry for what? Everybody falls off their bike sometimes and I'll bet if you get the training wheels off of your bike, you'll be able to ride really well. Think you can try?"

Syrus smiled. "Yeah! Can you help me?"

"I'd be honored." –End flashback—

The Zane that had been had helped his hurt little brother. The Zane that was here now no longer cared. Their brotherly bond was broken.

I hope this was a good glance into the boys' childhood. Zane wasn't always a villain or so cold. And there had to be a time when the two played together happily. Read and review, everyone!