Underlying Personalities.
A Get Backers Fan Fiction
By: Cauryn Terenkey.
Disclaimer: I do not own any Get Backers characters.
"Bane-kun, why did you agree to this?" Hakkai asked 3 years later. "You aren't ready."
"I'll be fine." Akabane shrugged. "Besides, I won't be leaving for a couple of months.
"A war zone is no place for a 15 year old kid! We both know that!" A 12 year old Hakkai snapped. Both were very mature for their ages, and their intelligence and cunning had only grown with their age. Akabane laughed and ruffled Hakkai's hair.
"Careful, or your face'll freeze like that." He grinned. "Look, I'll be fine. I can fight my way around the belt line, can't I?"
"Just barely." Hakkai grumbled, his sour look still on his face.
"Besides, I'll be treating the soldiers. I wont be getting them myself, they'll come to me. It's not much different than surgery."
"Bane-kun…" Hakkai grumbled.
"Look, I've been reading medical journals, I've seen the damage and such of war injuries. They can vary from open wounds and broken bones to lost limbs and shrapnel stuck in vital areas. I know what I'm in for." Akabane said, putting an arm around Hakkai's shoulders. "Besides, I'll be getting people home to their loved ones safe and sound. I haven't lost anyone yet!" Hakkai smiled at this. Akabane took great pride in the fact that he had succeeded in the several crucial surgeries he had preformed in the past year. He took his time, and if a split second decision was needed to be made, he could do it.
"Anyway, how's your schooling going?" Akabane asked, diverting Hakkai's attention from his impending departure to his new position as a war surgeon. It worked, and Hakkai's face lit up.
"Awesome. I've been developing a new program."
"What kind?"
The brothers walked down the hall as Hakkai explained, Akabane with his arm still across Hakkai's shoulders. The distraction didn't stop the argument for long though.
;*;
Akabane stuffed the last article he would need into the black bag he had acquired from his parents. He would be leaving in a few days now, things were getting desperate and they needed him fast. The door to the room he shared with Hakkai flew open, slamming into the wall with a crunch. Hakkai was seething, his red eyes gone snake like, black smoke pouring off of his hands. Akabane closed his bag with a snap, and faced his brother.
"Why are you still going?" Hakkai snarled.
"I told you, they need me out there."
"That's no excuse to send a kid!" Hakkai fairly screeched. Akabane only blinked.
"I have made my decision, Hakkai, I'm not about to change it now." He said coolly, Lifting his bag from the his bed. Hakkai clenched his fists, growling. Without warning, he leapt at Akabane, shooting the balls of darkness he had been able to conjure through his own type of rough training. Akabane dodged easily, reaching into his bag for a handful of scalpels. Hakkai watched him warily, knowing how skilled Akabane was in knife throwing.
"Don't make me use these, little brother." Akabane said.
"I can't let you go! You're making a mistake. This whole thing is gonna screw with your mind. I've read articles on online."
"Then I'll have screwed myself over then, wouldn't I?" Akabane asked. Hakkai yelled, and launched, getting several deep, straight lines on his right arm. He fell to the floor, holding the wound. "I told you not to make me use them." Akabane said, tossing the dirtied knives away. Hakkai glared after his brothers back before making his way to the bathroom. He fumed in silence as he removed his shirt and cleaned the cut, ignoring his mother when she came to see if he was okay. Gritting his teeth, Hakkai bandaged the cuts, pulling the gauze tight. After this task was done, he left the room, retrieved a clean shirt, then created a worm hole that led him to an outside balcony that only he knew of. It was nothing more than an old beam that stuck out of the massive 'unfinished' building, but here he could sit in comfortable silence and watch the city below.
"What are you doing here?"
Hakkai jumped at Kagami's voice, nearly falling off of the wide beam. He scowled at the other young teen as he sat up again.
"Nothing."
"Looks like you and Akabane got into a fight." Kagami said, indicating the gauze visible under the t-shirt Hakkai had put on. Hakkai glowered at the night sky, crossing his arms.
"I can't believe he's going. It isn't fair. We shouldn't have to do stuff like this when we're kids."
"Eh, what can you do? Especially when he wants to go. I don't really get it myself, I'd rather be on the front lines than in the sick tent." Kagami said, leaning back. Hakkai looked over in surprise.
"Why?"
"I want to fight, it's fun. Why, don't you?"
"It's not that I don't want to fight, its just I don't want to yet. I have more interest in computers."
"Then stick with computers. Let me and Akabane stick with what we do best, to each his own." Kagami smiled. Hakkai smiled back, then wrinkled his brow.
"How's you get up here, anyway?"
"Very carefully." Kagami grinned, and pointed up. Hakkai looked and saw bits of metal sticking out of the wall.
"Huh, that's interesting."
"Thanks. I found this place a few days ago. You've probably been coming here for years, haven't you?"
"I have."
The two remained sitting there for several hours, just watching the city, each wrapped up in his own thoughts.
these flashback things are actually kind of fun, i just hope i'm keeping kagami in character. I looked stuff up on Akabane and even there not much is known about him. so it's fun to be able to mess with him a bit.
again, thaknxfor reading and i hope you'll stick around!
