fic:Brothers
Title: Brothers
Author: Kazuryoshi
Genre: Alternate world, humanity, love.
Characters: Yasuda Shota, Kato Shigeaki, Ohkura Tadayoshi, Nishikido Ryo.
Pairing: none…not yet hehehe
Disclaimer: I wont write this if I own them.
Rating: mature readers
Summary: human and the nature..Man! I am so bad at summarizing.
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Prologue
A very long time ago when human and nature lived harmony and peacefully on the face of earth, when the time goes slowly and steady giving way and opportunity for beings to reflect and appreciate the priceless gifts that had been given to them, it was the glorious days when everything seemed beautiful and perfect. But, nothing in this world will stay the same for changes are inevitable. Human started learning and discovering things and the knowledge they have had led them to a new world so called ‘civilization’. They started thinking themselves as the superior beings that have the rights to rule and conquer the world in any way they want and sadly used their intelligence for nothing but menacing, manipulating and destroying the nature as a price for their own greed, never once they stop to think about the damage they were doing not only to the earth but also to themselves. The arrogant human believed that they were the most powerful species on earth and forgot the fact that there are spirits and long lost souls who still reside with nature. They are very powerful in a way that they could wipe thousands, even millions of souls in a split second with the unspeakable power that has remained silent and patient, waiting for human to realize their own mistakes and bring back the old peaceful earth. Yet, human never woke up from their selfish dreams.
The unpleasant wind of change blew softly. No one noticed the grave news it carried with and it was all too late when the nature finally awakes and howled melancholically, burnt everything with its raging fire and with a drip of tear it drown great civilization and washed traces of sins from the surface of the world. It burnt and killed yet, nature was not as cruel as human being, nature was not as greedy as human being, nature had given the survivors a second chance, to correct their mistakes and start it all over again.
The spirits were once again back to sleep.
But human are stupid, they will never learn.
Thousand years had passed; the story of the great destruction was long forgotten. People lives their life day to day, lucky or unlucky, they have to carry on with the life they were born into, the riches stay rich, the poor stay poor but greed and lust remain as humans’ best friends.
Most.
Most.
Not everyone.
And the spirits wait, silently, patiently.
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There is one place on earth where nobody wants to live in yet it was amazing to see that the population growth rapidly and it was even shocking to see how it decreased just as fast as it grew. The place, the city, is always dark even under a bright sunlight for the lives within the place were merely walking shadows. They were dead souls walking in a living bodies and waiting for the day when they will say their eternal goodbyes. It was the worst place to live in but Destiny, as cruel as she is had brought two innocent souls into the city.
They were orphans, alone and hopeless.
He was twelve when he found a boy lying on the edge of the river bank. The boy’s hair was messy but nicely cut and body wrapped with fine clothes, the one that only the riches could afford but it was all torn up, revealing his pale skin and badly wounded body. The boy is awake but his eyes were hollow, he knew the look for it reminded him of himself the first time he stepped his feet on this forlorn land. He knew the look so well he didn’t have to guess that the boy had already lost his willing to live.
Something in him told him to save the boy. Something deep down his heart told him he needed to save the boy and that something was his memory of his past that brought back an image of a man with a brilliant smile. A good man who had given him the light just in time before he completely gave up his precious life.
He was rescued by a good man who found him and took him to his house and taking care of him as his own son. A good man who was a carpenter that’s life inspired by the majestic beauty of the nature. He love and appreciate nature more than his own life. He was a good man who he called father and a good man he was before his life was cruelly taken by a ruthless drunken man.
That kind and sweet loving man was gone years ago but he is still very much alive in his memory.
“I was rescued. Now, it’s my time to rescue”
He took the boy’s hand, supported him to stand and brought him back to his hut and it was the beginning of a beautiful friendship that based on the noble honesty and strengthened by thousands pillars of trust, affection and love.
Destiny, in her mysterious way had the two very young children hold their hands for the first time as brothers and the world does not seemed so dark anymore. They were still young children of twelve and eight when one night they decided to cut their little fingers. Witnessed by the pale moon, they had written an oath with their own precious blood. A promised that no matter what will happen in the future, they will stay together, forever, for eternity.
…Even death won’t do them apart.
They were children who saw the world at the very same angle but different in perspectives. Life in a slum should be painful and suffocating but the children had found their own ways to happiness. Only children that have the purest of heart could work such powerful magic. But the world is no wonderland; they will have to give up their small body to grow which also means giving up their magical sense.
They don’t understand why but the world seems darker.
The older boy has a weak body, fine bone with feminine feature. By the age of 15, he stopped developing and stuck to that age as if the time was stopped for him. His skin is of very pale complexion yet his smile is brighter than the sun and is warmer. He is the gentle one, innocent, childish at times and loving. He is a strong boy for he never cried in front of his younger brother but the four walls of used boxes and thousand holes of decaying wooden roof, their only shelter, had witnessed his litres of tears streaming down his face each time he was all alone and hopeless. He hated himself for not being able to do anything; he hated himself for having to count his life solely on the shoulder of his brother. He wanted to do something, even the smallest thing so he could lessen the weight of responsibilities his brother had to carry with but never once his body allowed him to.
The other boy was of a better luck for despite their hard life, he grew healthier and stronger and by the age of 14 he walked beside his brother and had the older boy to look up whenever he wanted to say something to his younger brother. Has a pair of round and questioning eyes that reflects not only his wits but also his generosity and kindness .He remembered the time when he had given up his life and ready to embrace the darkness in death, his brother came and grab him just in time before he completely sealed by it. Since that day, he decided to stay alive, if not for himself, he’ll do it for his brother’s sake. He didn’t mind all the tough jobs for having his brother around is all that matter. He knew his brother is weak and incapable of doing heavy works so he will work for him. He did not mind it. All he wants is to see his brother happy, healthier and stronger. Every day was a struggle but when he came home with money or foods on his hands and seeing his brother waiting for him with a smile on his face, he felt accomplished.
The brothers miraculously survived in a seemingly hopeless place, they were the nobles of the seemingly hopeless place and they are the living proof to show that human, no matter how terrible their life are, still capable of loving and to be loved.
On the other side of the slum, a brighter world where the riches celebrate their wealth days and nights, two brothers sat silently watching their father and mother standing proudly on the carefully decorated stage. Their father, the president, is a man of honour who walks and talks in an impeccable manner. A man who is charming, a gentleman, a handsome face perfected with a pair of shiny hazel eyes and who’s voice is strong and certain had won the heart of the people and not forgotten girls and women but as honourable and loyal he is, he had given his heart to his wife, the one and only person he could afford to love.
The older son is obviously smaller than his younger brother who stands taller. He was full of envy for the little brother’s height and also the attention that his little brother has. He was full of rage whenever the others compared the two of them and referred him as the shorter Kitagawa. He hates it but above all, no one in this world could deny his love towards his only brother. His brother is taller and more popular than him but he is still his little brother who runs into his room at night whenever he had nightmares, who slept soundly on his lap while he reads him his favourite bedtime story and an adorable brother who has a killer puppy eyes look that he uses to make him leaves his books to play with him.
Their father is the most influential and respected person in the country but for the younger brother, his brother is the person he respects the most. He prays that one day he will be just like his brother. He hates the fact that he grew so fast that he already towered him. He realized that they are not young kids anymore yet he is still clingy to his big brother, he still wants his brother to hug him and treats him affectionately like he always does. He wished for the time to stop so they will stay like that forever but no matter how hard he prays, the time won’t stop for a man until the day he died.
They are the lucky brothers that live surrounded by wealth, power and loving family.
Two brothers hail from the dirty slum and the two brothers of the shiny palace.
And Destiny’s smile widened for she had found a new game to play.
A/N let’s play a guessing game..who’s who?
who are the brothers?
who are the younger/older brothers?
answers on chapter 1.. ;p
feel free to drop a comment or two…or more. J
i am so bad summarizing and my questioning skill is also as bad. hmm.. if you can guess..who are the poor brothers? who are the rich brothers?