The rain huh? It's a weather phenomenon that acts like life. Sometimes it does well for you, sometimes bad.
I was unconscious, defeated by the most skilled fighter in the land, again, thanks to Freya's stubbornness, but knowing that my target wasn't here cos she ran off for some reason.
Waking up once again in the shelter of Freya's home, I heard the familiar buzz of a helicopter. I groaned as I opened my eyes, to the sight of Garnet's face. I smiled to see that they still cared for me.
"Zidane, are you ok?" Garnet asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just the fact that the Navy is gone and we can go on with our lives." I said.
"What about Robi?" She said.
"What do you mean about Robi? The Alexandrian forces have arrested him, he'll be executed." I said.
"No. He isn't." She said.
I got up and stared at her, in the eye.
"What!?" I asked.
"We have to let Robi out, he's crucial in our move.
If I were you, come with us to help Robi." She said.
"Don't you guys get it. He's too dangerous to have amongst us. You saw what he did, blew up a village and killed innocent lives.
Yet you still insist of letting a mass murderer loose on the streets?" I asked.
"We have to..."
"YOUSE HAVE GROWN A SOFT SPOT FOR HIM DIDN'T YOU?! BLIND TO WHO HE REALLY IS! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT GARNET...Youse were my best friends. How could you set me aside for him too." I howled.
"Zidane...please." she said.
"You are the idiot, peasant so you listen to me!
Robi is being a true soldier. He's fighting for what he believes in. Of course, he blew up Dali but the residents swore fealty to Branhe and I'm damn sure that the kids will grow to cherish her as well.
What Robi is doing is going to help us help the Princess. She wants her kingdom back and you'll want your friends back. So, get that tail of yours between your legs and help us or we'll leave you behind.
We'll need him for the conflicts that lay ahead." He barked.
I sighed and went through my thoughts. Either he is a big douche or a misunderstood kid.
Just when we have received a letter from a Moogle. I opened it and read what it said.
"To Zidane and the crew.
Meet us at the Lost Continent. Terra has returned and Kuja took Robi there." Freya said.
"h-how!? Terra was destroyed!" I barked.
"For some reason its rebuilt, could be what's part of this conspiracy." Garnet said.
Let's get on the Hilde Garde, Robi is in a really dangerous place right now and we gotta get to him fast." I briefed.
We hurried to the ship and boarded it, taking her to the Lost Continent where we picked Freya and Polly up.
"I'm glad youse came as quickly as youse can. We need to get through that portal." Freya said.
"Can you tell us what happened?" I asked.
"We went to see Tanya at Treno where she directed us to Esto Gaza, where the Shimmering Island opened the portal up again.
Then that was where we encountered Kuja, who took Robi and teleported him away on this ritual stone.
We fought him and stave him off but a few hours later, we saw a huge wooden airship emerge from the portal and is steaming towards Lindblum, in a south westerly direction." She responded.
"Crap...aw man, I feel bad for him now.
Even if he blew up a village...urgh...what do I know…Dali was boring anyways. Where's the Invincible?" I asked the two.
"Kuja escaped to Terra with it." Freya responded.
"Right...well we need to find out what Lindblum gonna be dealing with and try and take out that ship." I explained.
"It looked pretty well armed. I would take the gunship if it is. We'll bring the Vista in when you have dealt with the ship. We left it near Esto Gaza, on a clearing." Polly suggested.
"Sounds like a plan. Meet ya in Lindblum, alright?" I asked.
The girls nodded and me and Garnet hopped off and hurried over to the gunship.
"Now you see what we're dealing with?" Garnet asked me.
"I dunno what's wrong with me, maybe its cos mixed feelings y'know?
Let's get Robi back eh" I added.
I never gotten this close to the ship but it lacked any components of any other vessel. All it had was two rotors and a set of wings but if it flew then I don't see it much of a problem.
She only had one seat but we investigated if there were more than one. I went to the back and apparently, there is a bay fitted.
"Get in...hope yer not claustrophobic." I said to Garnet.
She scowled at me.
"Maybe the next time you try to grab my butt, I'll chuck you into the smallest cell in my castle's dungeons." She said.
With the Princess in the back, I hopped into the cabin. It wasn't a wheelhouse cos it lacked a steering wheel. What it did have were several levers, sticks and plates of metal by the feet.
"Now...how do I operate this thing...?" I pondered.
I've began flicking various switches, hoping one of them could start it.
Then I felt this brainwave and instinctively pulled them in order and it began to whirl up, the vehicle vibrating from the engine.
"When you're done with playing with the controls, now's a good time to get going." I heard garnet shouting from the back.
By pushing the metal plates, it didn't take me long to figure out that the ship's engine speed can be adjusted.
"Must be how it flies, depending on these feet plate things, so it should be a lot different than the floating airbags I'm used to." I muttered.
I held onto the sticks tightly and pushed down on the pedals so the ship's own rotors lifted us into the air. My inexperience with this new type of ship had us spinning and strafing wildly.
"Woah! Jeez this ship is freaking sensitive." I said.
"That's because it is built around manoeuvrability! Figure it out or we'll never get to Lindblum!" Garnet yelled.
It took me time to get used to the controls as I had to land the thing each time I cocked it up. By using the sticks, I had the ship finally under control, taking it slowly initially.
"Looks like I can get used to this!" I laughed as I shakily got Robi's masterpiece out of the Lost Continent and onwards towards the Mist.
It felt more involved as I swerved and practiced to getting used to it as surely was no airship.
There were also buttons that allow me to shoot rockets and the chopper's machine guns. I knew Robi could hold and wield absurdly large guns but I could imagine his vehicles acting as platforms for weapons as big as a castle.
We arrived and I was in for a shock. A huge ship, Gaian in design, made of wood and steel while held up by a plated airbag lingered over the city. The airship was also well armed as shells and bullets poured from cannons and rotating barrels which rotated on their mounts. It was like a decked out version of the Red Rose only it was attacking the already-present Alexandrian forces as well the Lindblum's finest.
The airship was clearly dominating the battle by itself with its various weapons pulverising the Lindblum and Alexandrian ships, preventing them from getting too close.
Speaking of the Red Rose, it was hanging back in the side-lines, watching as the flying fortress oversaw the overpowering of its foes.
We flew the chopper 'round into the castle where a panicked Regent ran to us.
"Thank heavens you're here! That warship, you have noticed, it is beyond anything we ever seen. Our forces were fighting Branhe's when that...behemoth loomed its shadow over us and began spilling out arrows of fire!
We are outgunned and none of our ships can even board it." He yelled.
"It looks like one of Robi's design. That helicopter was just the beginning and he was absolutely mad now." I said.
"We need to board that ship and talk some sense into the captain. It got to be Robi beyond the yokes of it." Garnet explained.
"Are you sure? I mean that gigantic airship is armed to the teeth. Can you even dodge those huge cannons?" Cid asked.
"Isn't that helicopter built for? Speeding and dodgin' crap. Your airships can't but I believe this will.
I may not be an excellent pilot on single rotor aircraft and our best one is out there but gone insane but it's our best shot." I explained.
"Then...do whatever it takes to disable the lumbering behemoth...or else Lindblum will fall." Cid said.
"You can count on us sir." I responded before gesturing the princess to follow. We immediately got back in and veered it for the warship.
The forces were trying their best to keep it occupied, hopefully drawing most of its firepower away as we neared. As we got close, some of the turrets aimed at us and began to fire, raining shells and bullets.
With a strong jerk on the sticks, I strafed and dodged them as I returned fire with a barrage of explosive rockets, where they were instantly punched a gaping hole in its hull. Then the airship focused its aggro upon us as clouds of shrapnel began to explode around us. It was surely enough to begin ripping at the metal work.
By the skin of my teeth, I struggled through its intense gunfire by heading straight for the breach. With our ride deteriorating and engines failing, I made an emergency crash within the beast and we ended up deep within. I got myself out and pulled garnet from the wreckage.
"You alright princess?" I asked her.
"I am getting rather tired of crashing all the time." She said as I helped her up.
"Right, time to get to work; I'll sabotage the engines and get to the bridge. Try and talk sense to Robi. His pursuit for mindless destruction must end here." I explained.
"Right." She responded and we parted ways.
I worked my way through to the engine room. The ship seemed to lack any form of crew so how can one operate the lumbering warship alone?
When I arrived at the engine room, it was home to huge pistons, furnaces, gears and pipes which operate under a lingering heat. With a wipe of my sweaty forehead, I worked on dismantling the machinery by pulling gears off their sockets, making holes in the pipes and severing belts.
The whole engine began to clunk and splinter with pipes hissing loudly. It was surely going to break down alright. I made my way up to the deck and saw the ship's huge turrets up close. My main concern however was the airbag overhead.
While I was in the gunship I helped myself to a handgun, which was stored in the cockpit. I took it out and aimed it before pulling the trigger, a few bullets should be enough to puncture the thing. With the airbag deflating, I went back into the ship and ran to the bridge where Garnet was facing the captain and boy was she right. Behind this whole thing was Robi himself.
"You must stop this Robi! Everything you want to grow up in will be destroyed and you will never experience the virtues of life!" She said.
"And does that mean bring your stupid boyfriend over? What do you have to say now, you blue cuffed prick!" He asked.
"Give it up! Your ship is going down and we need answers about this cocky attitude of yours." I said.
"Its fine...yes its fine, I can fix it. I can always fix what you break. Even from here, I can patch her up." He responded.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked.
"What's wrong with me? I tell you what's wrong with me is that I am angry at the fact that you became a fucking asshole. You turned me down and even went to hand me over to the Alexandrian forces. Why didn't you drop me off at Alexandria along the way to Lindblum?" He asked.
"No that is not what I am looking for." I responded.
"You know what. Fuck you and everything you cherished. I am going to destroy this city and all the others if it's the last thing I do…
Starting with you, Zidane!" He yelled and he took his hands off the wheel and pulled out his rifle and aimed it at my forehead, just as I was going to draw out my trusty daggers.
"Don't do this Robi...we can fix this together. You and me just not in this way, put down your gun please." I responded.
"I have worked my way to be in a place like this. Do you honestly believe I would trust you? Your mind is broken kiddo and I'll be more than happy to fix it, with a bullet in your fucking skull!" He barked and, just as he was about to fire, Garnet intervened by grabbing the rifle and they wrestled around the room. I ran to the wheel and span it in one way, hoping to crash it into some rocks.
Then some of the Lindblum ships got too close and slammed their spiky bodies into the sides of the vessel and Alexandrian ones launched harpoons to snag the warship causing the ship to quake, making us lose our footing.
"Let...GO!" Robi screamed and immediately shot at garnet, and she screamed.
"GARNET!" I yelled, causing my Trance to trigger and, through my hot-blooded rage, I grappled onto him and we smashed through the panoramic windows before we ended up in the streets of Lindblum.
I threw Robi into a wooden cart and began punching him into submission but he was quick to launch me back with a powerful kick, sending me careering into a lamp-post. We got up and I dusted myself down.
"Robi…stop this…please…you're gonna kill everyone at this rate!" I shouted.
"There is nothing you can do to apologise. You did not help me at all! You're nothing!" He responded and he ran off.
"Robi!" I yelled but he vanished.
I ran to the warship, already having crashed into the scenery, and crawled into the bridge. I saw Garnet pinned against parts of the ship, where fires were raging all over the place.
"Zidane, help me. The ship is going to fall apart any minute now." She yelled as parts of the ship fell around her, causing her to scream even more.
"Don't panic, Dagger. I'll get you out." I responded, taking care not to step into the inferno.
When I finally went to her, I used all my might to pull her free from the wreckage and got her out before the ship exploded, likely caused by the ammunition stored within the fallen leviathan.
"He shot me Zidane…" she said, as she lifted her hand and she was bleeding from the chest.
"Stay with me, Polly is coming." I said as the airship arrived. The crew jumped off as the white mage hurried to her aid.
"Don't worry sister. You're in good hands." She used her calm tone to help Garnet stop crying from the pain. She got her bag out and took out a pair of tweezers to pull the cap from her wound and gently takes it out.
I could only clench my teeth as she got to work. She is a faithful nurse. I couldn't believe that she would give Dagger her cloak so that she can escape but the two have been best friends ever since they met. It's a shame that advancements in technology has overshadowed her practice but her old ways can still be relied on when those failed to deliver the goods.
Finally, after wrapping bandages around her injury, she helped the princess up and gave her a Potion to drink.
"I could always rely on you every-day Polly. It is shame that you are the last of your kind." She said.
"For as long as I stand, the way of medicine shall not fade and I will brave the ugliest of injuries so that none will embrace the meaning of death.
It is my duty to preserve the beauty of life, whatever it takes. Come on, we tracked Robi to The Invincible. He must be working for some Terran handler or worse..." Polly said.
"Kuja..." I stated.
"We need to get to Terra and find out who's behind all this. Something tells me that it wasn't Robi who mastered the whole attack." Dagger said.
We boarded the Hilda Garde once more and headed once more to Esto Gaza where the Shimmering Island glistened off the shore, projecting the portal to my home-world.
"You ready to return back home once more?" Garnet asked.
I was busy looking at it before giving a sigh.
"Yeah, if it's for Robi, then onwards." I said before we steamed through the gateway.
The world once again changed to the wonderland of alien structures and Terran wilderness. To be honest, it feels good to be home.
Terra looked relatively unchanged before Kuja laid waste to it and since the last time I came, sparing for much less monsters prowling the land below.
"Terra looked relatively the same, as if it Kuja didn't blow it up at all." Garnet described as we drifted towards Bran Bal.
However, as we approached, Steiner pointed out that a floating vehicle was moving into position beneath and as I looked out, it shot out a bright bolt of arcing light at us.
"Incoming!" Garnet screamed as I furiously span the wheel, hoping to dodge the incoming blast.
It was relatively good with its aim as the blasts blew massive chunks out of the woodwork of the late regent's pride and joy. Then, after a crippling blow to the engines, we lost all propulsion and began to head towards the ground.
"Everyone hold on! We're going to make an emergency landing!" I ordered.
Keeping the ship in control, I directed her towards the town's lake where I could make it easier to not crush the entire crew. We dived over through the houses as we dived into the lake, hoping not to flatten the residents along the way.
"I am going to grow tired from crashing... Is everyone ok?" I asked.
My friends were holding onto anything that was not loose and we got together before walking out of the ship and noticed that we made a lot of damage to the Hilda
The town was also under attack hinting to that fact that raging fires were amongst the Terran architecture while Genomes were dragging themselves out of the demolished buildings and others fleeing for their lives.
"Who would do such a thing to them. They're nothing but vessels." I muttered.
Then we heard Mikoto crying for our help and we ran to her. She was trapped beneath some rubble.
"Mikoto! Let's get her out!" I ordered my friends before heading over to pull her out but then she pointed at someone.
"Necron's Breath! HE'S HERE!" She screamed
"Necron's wha-?" I stopped to look a lingering presence standing behind us. I ordered my friends to hide and watch.
He had a pair of deathly wings but his silvery furry form instantly told me that he was in Trance but the way it looked meant that he was a whole new breed.
"Everyone...everyone I meet doesn't trust me, abuses me, made my life an absolute hell. I am here to make them suffer the pain they have forced me to suffer." He cried
"Robi...what happened to you...?" I muttered.
He stood around 6ft, his platinum fur grew longer while his arms have turned into a cannon and a very long scythe. The eyes glowed in this hood made of the very fur.
He walked over to the wreckage and swept it aside and then, to my horror, grabs Mikoto and stabs his hand into her, stealing the glowing ball that was her soul.
"Hopeless...I can smell R0130..." He slurred before turning his attention towards me. He began to stroll, poised to do the same to me.
"Why didn't you leave me behind? All I wanted was to find out who I was but guess what? I did it myself! You are hopeless and stubborn. Not willing to help people! So I am going to help you perish, rub away your miserable life." He said
I sprinted, using the buildings to keep him at a distance, towards Pandemonium. I turned to see that he took off and started to soar after me. He was very quick but I was fast on my feet.
With the doors open, I charged through and slammed them shut, just when he was on top of me...close...I continued onwards through the place.
It all looked familiar but then I came across this huge machine, and a large bridge. The machine, I never seem before, that I approached and examined it when I heard a voice.
"So you came...Zidane."
I turned to see a tall man, looking like my old creator but was younger and had a blue glowing gem.
"I know all about you Zidane...everything you did to escape the reigns of my master." He spoke in this creepy voice.
"What did you do to Robi!?" I barked.
"Nothing bad. Just that what I did was made him realise who he truly is.
He is R0131. The first ever Hybrid genome created with two souls." He added.
"Two souls!? Kuja inherited lots and blew up an entire planet. How could he be that powerful with only TWO souls!?" I barked.
"Simple. The emotions, Kuja consumed, did not mix together without the right fusion spell. Only a true Hybrid with his combined souls can truly master the power of Trance at its purest.
To help accommodate his new power, R0131 mutated into a form that none of your counterparts could ever match. Only he can ensure that the Terrans' wishes are granted.
You are a flawed device; we need you no more. Garland's work composed mainly of Mk Is.
Robi here is the Mk II and will pave the way for Terra's salvation and the consumption of this young world." He barked.
I simply held my blades up in stance as Robi landed next to him with his emotionless stare piercing into my soul.
"Robi…my child…
You are R0131.
Decommission this hopeless device."
With a single step, Robi charged and I immediately swung at his scythe and we clashed then suddenly, I felt a might pulse of light blow him away and send him tumbling. I looked to see it was Kuja who casted the spell and he approached us, with Mikoto in tow.
"Kuja!? Why are you here?!" I asked.
"I realised the true threat to our heritage. That 'Mk II' there is designed to purely replace us. We are outdated objects to the servant of Garland and he insists of doing us away.
I will not have it! My own brother controlled for Garland's selfish ends. Even if it means spilling Robi's blood that he can be free from that monster!"
"He's...he's a Hybrid genome! Don't you see!? He's brainwashed and I want him back!" I protested.
"A monster? The monsters we are facing are you lot! Only you three pose as a serious threat to the conclusion of the Terrans' wish.
"We are not monsters, we are tools. We broke free from Garland's wishes. Our friends are standing in the sidelines, watching as we battle against your abomination.
We battle for not only the fate of Gaia but both worlds. I want to live on with my brethren and your banishment is the only way we can experience true peace." Mikoto said.
He mainly scoffed at our decisions and walks away.
"So be it, you will never be able to survive what death will bring for you. It is time for you to leave this world and R0131 is the sign of Death. The Grim Reaper." He burst into a cackle and flew away.
Robi turned and with a swoop of his wings, takes flight and soared into Gurla's castle.
"He is a coward, running away from us." I smiled.
"Don't be so sure, I believe he has something in store for us." Kuja said.
"How so!? He created a warship and a small helicopter gunship, what can he do with Terran tech?" I said.
The silence was broken with a strange noise.
"What is that?" Mikoto asked when we looked to see that the doors into Gurla's lab were smashed aside and we looked to see the same floating vehicle that had shot down the Hilda Garde."
"Oh my god..." I said.
"The Z-Type Crawler, Terra's first armoured tank. Gurla made it, while you were on Gaia." Mikoto explained.
"A tank!?" I responded.
"It is a prototype fighting vehicle, Robi had perfected the design. It seems his skills with technology is something to be feared." Mikoto added.
"I guess Regent Cid's technology will soon be overshadowed by his ideals. We need to find a way to get Robi out, who is likely to be inside that machine." Kuja explained.
"Robi! Are you ok? Can you get out?" I said.
My vision blurred, for a moment, with a voice echoing in my head.
"Zidane...help...I'm in pain….free...me...
Must...destroy...everyone...for...Gurla..."
It surely came from Robi inside and gave me a headache.
"My head…
What can we do to get Robi out? Destroy the tank?" I asked.
"No! If you destroy the tank, he will die. Gurla had it fitted with a failsafe and it will use his souls to charge a powerful bomb. We need to find another way to put it down." Mikoto responded.
"Wait, I noticed exposed canisters, at the back of the vehicle. If we pull them out..." Kuja suggested.
"Then we can shut it down. That a better option?" I asked Mikoto
"Yes, that is a splendid idea. Hopefully the machine will power down and will not be able to activate its failsafe. Come on brothers, let's free our lost canary." She spoke and we assumed stances to disable the tank.
"This bridge looked awfully familiar. I remembered fighting a four-armed man earlier." I said.
"Now's is not the time. It's a battle on the big bridge." Kuja responded.
The narrow bridge made it hard for us to dodge the tank's boosted charges so we had to time our dodges to hop over it returning all kinds of attacks but its armour was incredibly solid.
"The crawler is armoured. We cannot use anything to help stall it!" I said.
The Crawler attacks by unleashing a charged energy blast that arcs towards us, the very same that knocked my ship out of the sky. However, to aim was to divert all its power to the main gun, rendering it unable to dodge our counter attack.
The vehicle was also fitted with a pair of automated blasters that pelted at us whenever we tried to flank it.
Kuja helped by drawing by its fire away fire as me and Mikoto ran around it. We poured our attacks onto the exposed canisters. One of them exploded and released a Genome, who fled.
The Crawler consumes the life force of Genomes?! That's horrible!" Mikoto said.
"Keep up the pressure, there's not a lot of them fitted to the back of the tank." I barked
The vehicle moved once more, and got some distance between us. Then it faced us and we saw that the tank quickly towards us, then we realised that it was going to flatten us. We hit the ground hard as we went over the bonnet but we managed to get back on our feet and took our potions to recover from the damage.
We were about to get run down once more when Kuja forcefully barged into it, aided by concussive Holy magic, to knock the vehicle off course.
"Kuja!" I shouted as Mikoto ran 'round to destroy the remaining power source as I tended to his mangled body.
"Stay with me bro... we're not losing you too." I said.
"I am fine...just a mighty knock to my own self." He responded and I helped him up.
With all the canisters knocked down, the tank was finally disabled, saving Robi's life.
We did a brief celebration before the tank underwent a drastic change and never where we prepared to witness a drastic reflection of Gurla's experiments, on the vulnerable lad that he was.
The vehicle opened and this pod emerges from it and floated eerily towards us. I held onto Mikoto as it closed in on us. It suddenly stops and lands; We stared at it as the pod started to split open, revealing its contents. Inside was Robi but was held in by straps and various tubes were embedded into his flesh. He was also covered in a full bodysuit, adorned with purple and white terran designs.
I went up to try and free him when he suddenly screamed in my face and grappled tightly onto my hand.
"HELP ME...!"
I jumped back while he tore himself free from his imprisonment. He got up and stared at us, holding one of his arms at us, which turned into a strange looking cannon.
"You will all pay! Everyone will worship me as the Terran Lord. Put down your weapons and swear fealty to me so we can take down our masters and rule the world! He ordered.
"Robi, this isn't you. I know who you were but you shouldn't do this! You are a gunner and I thought we could find this ship, that you wanted, but all you care about now is this stupid megalomaniacal stuff."
"I'm sorry Zidane but this is the way I want to be."
"Ya think?! I mean, we don't need to use this power.
Come on, snap out of it. I'll accept the fact that we're brothers!
Memoria, that's where we'll find out what makes us so connected. We're made to be together brother and if we can do things as such then we can, against our enemies!
Please listen to me Robi, I know you do. My brother...my twin brother!"
The words seem to work but then... "WHY...CAN'T YOU...DIEEEEE!?" Robi screamed. He opened fire and bright yellow energy bolts shot out of it and we jumped to avoid it.
What I also noticed was that his voice was constantly switching tones, like there were two different people speaking his tongue.
"No...you...will not...get out of my...HEEEEAAAADD!"
He went to his knees and unleashed the most blood curdling agonising scream that we covered our ears. Light engulfed him and we were given a majestic blast of light that nearly swept us off our feet!
After the dust has settled, we got up and walked over to him, he looked unconscious alright.
"What shall we do with him?" I asked.
"Leave him and face me!" I heard a familiar voice.
I turned to see Gurla who had appeared from the top of some grand stairs.
"You've finally proved to me that you can beat a genome well more powerful than the lot of you! But that just means that I WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO SATISFY GARLAND'S WISH! FOR THAT YOU WILL DIE AS I WILL ACTIVATE THE WEAPON MYSELF!"
Then I saw another yellow energy blast blow off one of his arms.
"W-WHAT...? IT CAN'T BE...NO...YOU TURNED ROGUE...LIKE KUJA AND ZIDANE DID...NOT YOU TOO! MY...SPECIAL...HYBRID...!"
Then more came and they tore Gurla up into ribbons! It was so gory that Kuja gacked in digust.
"Woah...gruesome!" I said and we turned to see that it was Robi who fired the shot. He was silent at first before he started to speak.
"I had enough with that fucking cunt...fuck this shit I'm out.
What made me end up like this, I should have never gone off alone. I'm sorry Zidane, its was just the way I got angry by the fact that it causes my destructive behaviour. Every time, it's to do with my fury. He said.
"No...I'm sorry." I said as guilt began to flood my soul.
"Eh?" He went.
"I don't know what came over me, even I know that ain't how I treat new friend it something but you are much more than that.
I began to realise my attitude after I got knocked out by Beatrix and that I still had this grudge against you. Listen, I really, really, wanted to be your brother and now all this is where it got us.
Kuja, Mikoto, Me, we're more than happy to welcome you to our clan. You're a Tribal now, like us. I hope that is enough to make you believe that you're now part of something special, even if you were a biological death machine made to bring about the end of the world. Whaddya say?" I smiled.
Robi just gave me one look and he immediately tackled me. It was so heart-warming that we began to break tears, knowing that we are at amends.
"I'm sorry if I doubted you Robi...and we're going to the best twin brothers and I am damn proud to have you." I went, slowly rocking him to the sides, like an upset child.
"Kuja?" I said and apparently Mikoto was the only one left but she too looked around.
"Fuck Kuja. He can do his own thing. He doesn't understand bromance." Robi said.
"Fair enough." I went.
