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This drabble is the translation of Seuls, published in October 2018. The next chapters of this series will all be new.
Alone
Loneliness wasn't just a word.
His eyes raised toward the starry sky, Ginga wasn't able to force the thought from his mind. The stars, too, seemed alone tonight, like an echo to his thoughts, drowned in an ocean of darkness. Whereas theis sight usually comforted him, it only made him sadder today. They were so far away from him... so far away from each other... abnd nothing would ever change that.
Ginga took Storm Pegasus. He lifted it at eye level. The fusion wheel's metal caught every sparkle of light, even the tiniest, to reflect it.
At least, he wasn't utterly alone. He had Pegasus. It was all he needed. It was the only one, anyway, who could help him to manage to fulfill his mission.
His fingers clenched around his bey. His eyes darkened. He had to leave soon. He didn't make any progress here. It had been a pleasant break, an air bubble that allowed him to get his breath back. It helped him musten up his strength and be ready for another round. Of course, he had liked the battles he did here (against this Kyouya, obviously, without forgetting Kenta, Benkei and Hikaru – to cite only the most memorable) but he couldn't spend his life playing. Maybe, once he would have settle the score with Daidouji, the Dark Nebula and, above all, Ryuuga...
His jaw clenched. His fists tightened until it hurt, but he didn't care. He would settle the score with Ryuuga. He'ld make him pay. He hadn't the slightest doubt. He'ld destroy him and take back the forbidden bey. He would have no time to waste playing or befriending with people he barely knew. He would put the forbidden bey back into the sanctuary it should never have left and inherit to his father as Koma's protector. He would do anything to prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again. He would have no time to go back to Bey-City. But... did it matter ? He didn't really know them and they... didn't know him the slightest.
He released his hold to look at Pegasus. Bladers forged a bond by fighting and strengthened it with each battle. But he lied to them. Mostly by omission, but it came to the same thing. He couldn't talk about Koma with them. He wasn't allowed to. As he wasn't allowed to talk about the forbidden bey and his mission. His past was a secret. His motives too. How could he form links with anybody under these conditions ? Even knowing it wasn't in his priorities, he couldn't help to think he would have liked to befriend them.
Having friends. Having people rallying along. Not being alone anymore...
One day, maybe...
But not today.
He wasn't alone, anyway. A blader wasn't alone as long as they had their bey with them. It was the only ally a blader truly needed, as long as they had a real bond. He had Storm Pegasus, his father's bey, the one he passed on him. They had spent long months alone, together, traveling across the country to find the Dark Nebula. They had bore it well, until now. It wouldn't be hard to return to this way of life. Even if he hadn't allowed anybody to approach him so much since the beginning of his travel. It was the very first time he get so attached...
He pushed the pang of longing and locked it in a corner of his heart. It didn't change anything. Pegasus and he would go off soon to fight their enemies.
Alone.
And he wouldn't even look back.
End
AN : When I wrote this drabble, I had the feeling many people forget that Ginga is, in fact, a dark character, with a difficult past. Even if his father ended up to be alive, it didn't erase his months of pain.
Next one : Hikaru Hasama.