I can't believe I made another. This idea hit me not 20 minutes before I post this. I know I'm supposed to be updating 'Running', but I can't help it. Everyone, please enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own Deadman Wonderland, as much as I wish I did.
Oh, if the fox could see us now. The Mockingbird and the Crow out on a wire.
I envied him, admittedly, at one point in time. Sakigami had no drive to get stronger, but always remained above me. If I'm truthful with myself, I can see that I didn't have any goal, either. Sure, the friends I lost gave me something to strive to; but what goal was there? Revenge? Let that logic be damned.
Maybe it was more like fear. That's what the other deadmen called it. Though, when had I ever listened to them?
Looking at the man before me, I feel no envy. Let the other birds think as they may, 'fear' is the last thing that comes to my mind. The Toto that was so idolized is gone. The Mockingbird standing in front of me is nothing but a shell of a man. A leech. One who claimed the life of a happy, if not completely fucked up, individual. One who believes he has some right to take the life of Igarashi Ganta. The one who had condemned us to the hell-hole that was Deadman Wonderland. Hagire Rinichirou.
Just when you expect that kid to fall, to die, he gets up. No matter how battered or bloodied. Just when you expect that I'm to take my final blow, to die, he shows up. No matter how afraid or frantic. That kid, Woodpecker, believes he's 'joining in'. Heh...he was a contender from the beginning. Believes he 'has to try to look cool, too'. He's been cool since I've met him. When he beat me in the Carnival Corpse, he looked cool. When I trained him to use his Advanced Ganta Gun, he looked cool. Even now, Ganta's one of the coolest people I've met. Not a doubt in my mind.
As much as I'd like to keep it, I don't mind sharing my spotlight with him. 'Don't mind sharing my spotlight with him in the slightest.