"…" is speech.
Italics is thoughts.
: … : is telepathic speaking.
Key-word: Perhaps
Rating: T
Genre: General/Drama
Pairing(s): None.
Verse: Manga (right after Legato's death).
Warnings: Some violence, some implicit spoilers.
Summary: Twins. The genetic information of one was the copy of the other's. Their traits and physical appearances are mostly the same, diverging only at some points. And their similarities ended there.
ºººººº Yin Yang ºººººº
The insurance girls and even the goddamn priest were likely to say that, if a comparison was made, Knives would be dubbed as the dark, evil twin, and Vash, the innocent, dragged-along poor younger brother.
Vash begged to differ.
Perhaps Knives had a twisted personality, a so-called "evil" side. That part of him that loved to see humans suffer, hear their screams, drink their confusion and dread, enjoy their terror. That would be the well known killer of millions.
Perhaps.
So maybe he'd agree with his friends, if it was in the sole matter of personalities.
Thing is, it wasn't.
Even counting with all that, Knives had an excellent control over his powers as a plant. Most likely, those… blades that sprung from his left arm held as much precision as one of Vash's bullets. And the younger brother didn't doubt he could control his Angel Arm with that same aptitude too.
On the other hand, because Vash tried to be more human than plant, his powers have always been neglected. But their potential was still higher than his twin's. And the outlaw paid dearly for that said lenience of his.
In the form of Lost July and later, Augusta. Legato Bluesummer's death.
If one would compare their… abilities, then Knives would be "the Light" and Vash, "the Dark". Because, if there was a need to, the platinum blond could (and would) easily evade the other's mind and control the powers that he could not.
Vash also believed he was the one that, in the end, changed Knives' mind about humans. After all, he was the one who started counting off the differences between their species and the possible problems, even before they came across Tessla.
Speaking of whom, it was Vash who went into a rage-filled tantrum after said episode and didn't tend to his brother, like he should've done. Who knows, maybe that was also a deciding factor. Instead, he attempted suicide. Egoistical on his part, another "dark" characteristic of his.
But even before then, he was always the one literally "in the dark". Knives seemed to always have the answer to everything and Vash constantly sought out his opinions.
And also, in a way, he thought that if he hadn't been as dependent of Rem as he had been, if she had shown his twin all that she had shown him, perhaps Knives wouldn't have turned into what he was now.
Just perhaps.
So, once again, Vash was in the dark side and Knives' light had been tainted by it.
Really, in the end, all of it had been his fault.
To whom belonged the yin and the yang now, huh?
Plus, ironically, it was his hair that was turning black, not Knives'. Just one more reason to believe my theory, huh… I guess… for once, I'm truly right, ne, Knives?
Finally, his eyes opened.
Owari
Vocabulary:
Owari: The end.
Dark: Please don't forget to review.
