Underlying Personalities.

A Get Backers Fan Fiction

By: Cauryn Terenkey.

Disclaimer: I do not own any Get Backers characters.

Hakkai sat gazing out his window at a dark Tokyo, the blinking lights reflecting in his eyes. For some reason, this room helped to calm him, even though it held the most memories of he and his brother. He looked at his outstretched hand as the bat there fluttered it's wings, making soft screeching noises. Hakkai bobbed his hand a bit, causing the animal to grip at his fingers with it's tiny hands. His eyes roamed the room, empty now save for a small bed, one he rarely used. He mentally re-did the room, remembering what it looked like when they were still small…

*FLASHBACK START*

"Nii-san!" Hakkai called, running into the room he and Akabane shared his then shaggy hair falling into his face. "Nii-san, where are you!?"

"Over here, Kai." Hakkai ran over to a nook where Akabane liked to sit, as usual ha had a mountain of books beside him, most on the medical field. He had short hair, though it was still stringy and some fell into his purple eyes.

"What-cha doing?" Hakkai asked, trying to climb over the many books Akabane had gathered. His tiny little five-year-old legs could barely get the job done, but he was soon sitting beside his eight year old brother.

"I'm studying. I'm gonna be a doctor one day so I have to get smart." Akabane said as he turned a page. Hakkai blinked large red eyes, tilting his head.

"But I thought we had to grow up to serve Babilan City." He said. Akabane smiled.

"Baby-lon City, Hakkai, and that's only part of what they want from us. I can be a doctor and work for the city at the same time!"

"Wow!!!" Hakkai said, his eyes wide. "Can I see what your reading?" Akabane pulled the book out of Hakkai's eye sight.

"Nope, this is definitely not for your age." He said, overlooking the fact that as an eight year old, he himself shouldn't be looking at an anatomy book. Hakkai pouted, but Akabane remained firm. The five year old pouted more, and glared at his older brother.

"Well fine! I'm gonna get smarter than you!" he declared, and scrambled off of the couch, running off to see what he could do. Akabane chuckled, watching Hakkai run off. He had meant to do that, sometimes it was easy manipulating people to do what he wanted, but he had discovered he had to be subtle about it, twisting his words and actions to seem innocent. He was sure, though, that some of the adults had caught on. He had even heard his parents discussing how impressed they were with his level of skill.

Although Akabane was a rather intelligent child, he was a child non-the-less, and when he became board of the books later that evening, he wandered the flat his family lived it in search of his brother. He found Hakkai and their father at the computer, Hakkai listening to their father talking with eyes wide as saucers. Akabane crawled up onto a chair beside them, and listened also as their father explained the basic programs, and showed how they worked.

"So you're gonna be a computer expert?" Akabane asked Hakkai, leaning over the desk.

"Yeah? So what?" Hakkai snapped defensively. "You actually get to do things when you're on a computer, books are boring!" Akabane laughed at this, making Hakkai pout.

"Okay then, lets do our best! I'm gonna graduate before you!"

"No way!" Hakkai yelled, and pounced. The two boys ran out of the room, play wrestling. This left their parents smiling and laughing to themselves. Boys would be Boys.

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Hakkai excelled rapidly in computer technology while Akabane in the medical field, and the pair soon became known for their intelligence. They were given special tutors, and there they met Kagami. Akabane and Kagami hit it off from the start, as both had the same type of personality, though Kagami's was a bit more malicious. It was about this time, that Akabane got word of Mizuki, supposedly the most skilled inhabitant of Babylon city, and only in their early twenties. Here he set his sights on becoming a skilled fighter and assassin, and perhaps the first change in his personality.

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Hakkai watched in fascination as Akabane nailed another bulls eye.

"Sweet! You've gotten so much better at this." Hakkai, now 9, handed his brother a rag as he said this. Akabane, now 12, grinned, wiped the sweat off of his face.

"Thanks. I have to get better so Mizuki'll know I'm catching up!"

"You really idolize Mizuki, don't you?" Hakkai asked, grinning.

"Duh!" Akabane playfully snapped, punching Hakkai in the arm.

"Yes, well, Mizuki has amazing natural talents, honed to perfection. What about you?" Kagami, also 12, asked, looking at the brothers through a piece of glass. He was growing his straw blonde hair out, matching Akabane's almost exactly, and he had recently pierced his right ear with a large yellow hoop. Akabane scowled at his friend.

"I know. I'm working on it!" He snapped.

"Just be careful, you don't want to overwork yourself." Hakkai said. Akabane laughed.

"Kurodou Akabane over work himself? Ha! I can stay up for days and study or work nonstop! I have awesome stamina!" Akabane declared.

"Well, Mizuki better watch out then." Hakkai grinned. Akabane nodded, eyes shining. He reached for another slim knife and aimed at the far wall. With a force the other two couldn't see, the knife was shot down the range and sunk into the target, right where Akabane had wanted it, in the last tiny space in the bulls eye.


Heh, little Akabane, Kagami, Hakkai. They're so damn cute! exept maybe Kagami, he creeps me out no matter what. I hope you like the next few chapters, as they are all flashbacks. I really enjoyed doing them. Again, here's to hoping you enjoy this enough to continue reading^^