You were always so much better then I was. I always struggled while you seemed to effortlessly and calmly maneuver through duels like you already knew the outcome. You were like a god that way, while I...

I was never any good at anything. Whenever I thought I was, I'd get so cocky until I looked over and saw your frown and I realized I was just a child, and a failure.

But you also gave me hope. Hope that someday that I would be able to match you, that we'd duel and by some miracle we'd come out with a tie. I kept trying and trying, hoping I'd someday reach that dream...

But how can I now?

I should have run. I stood there frozen stupid and now... now you're gone. Because I was there and was used against you. I couldn't do a thing but beg you to win. It didn't matter what happened to me, it never did.

If I hadn't had come here, chasing your shadow...

But then I wouldn't have met Aniki and Hayato and Asuka and everyone. I'd still be hiding under my covers, unable to use that card, but unable to take it from my deck, always seeing your frown and never your smile. But I can't see anything now but that last moment...

I'll get stronger, I promise. I won't hide away anymore. And then maybe someday... I'll see you smile again.