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[Suzaku wouldn't be surprised - Yuugi strikes him as being much like Euphy, friendly and willing to stand up for what she believes in.]

I'm not sure if he's ever actually played for just fun. Maybe it'll help him lighten up.

Sounds like someone I know. He doesn't play for fun much at all. All of it is a competition to him. [Come play and have fun for once, Kaiba! You know you want to!]

I hope that it would help your friend, at least.

... The same for Lelouch. I really hope your friend and mine don't meet, the world might implode from super seriousness.

I do as well. It would do him some and probably make his sister happy too.

[Can't help the small laugh. Yep, Kaiba is way to serious sometimes. And if Suzaku's friend is anything like that...]

It's understandable why he's so serious. He strives to be the best there is to protect his little brother.

I just wonder if he's going to be alright, once his brother grows up and starts to have a life of his own. [She sincerely hopes that Kaiba will be okay, okay?]

[Nods.]

Lelouch is the same way - almost everything that he does was for his younger sister.

[... he can't really say anything about that. Where he was from originally, Lelouch wouldn't be around to see Nunnally grow up and live a life of her own. He had made sure of it.]

[She does take notice of that. Suzaku didn't say much about his friend's current relationship with his sister. Maybe it was something that he didn't want to talk about?]

...Maybe it's that way with all brothers and sisters. That's what I've seen from most of the siblings that I've known, anyway.

Hm. Some yes. But I've seen some families that are... well. It's a lot not like that.

[The majority of Britannia's royal family, for instance. The only ones who didn't seem to be like that were Lelouch, Nunnally, Euphemia and perhaps Cornelia.]

...I know it's probably a lot not like that, but it is good to know that there are siblings out there that care a lot about each other. [Kaiba and Mokuba, Jounouchi and Shizuka, Ishizu, Rishid, and Malik, and now Lelouch and Nunnally.]

Friends can be like that too, I think.

[He thinks back to his own childhood - he was an only child of course, but Lelouch and Nunnally were the closest he ever had to having siblings. Nothing would change that.]

They can be yes - even more like your family then your own blood relatives.

I have friends like that; ones that I would consider like brothers and sisters, even though I don't have any siblings personally. Mou Hitori no Watashi was like that too, kind of like an older brother at times.

Yeah, Lelouch is a lot like that - looking out for you even when you don't want him to.

[Part of the reason he got damned with that blasted "Live On" geass he has, after all.]

Mou Hitori no Watashi looked after me and friends countless times. Even in his past life, he was looking after others and protecting them. He was a Pharaoh then, sort of like a king. He looked after his kingdom the best he could before he... sacrificed himself to stop a dark god from taking over the world. That's how he was trapped inside of the Millennium Puzzle for five thousand years.

[Guess both of them have seen their share of self-sacrificing leaders in their time.]

... and then that's how you met him.

[They certainly have, although Lelouch made his grand stand and self sacrifice much more grandstanding them most others.]

...For a time, actually, he thought he was me. That he and I were the same person, and when someone did wrong against me or one of my other friends, he would step in to... 'punish' them.

In a way, I guess he did sort of start off like Ryou-chan's Spirit. The only difference is that he, Mou Hitori no Watashi, he learned from his mistakes and relearned his compassion. Ryou-chan wasn't so lucky, I guess.

I've never actually had the honor of meeting the spirit, even if Lelouch and Ryou warned me about him.

[Which they kind of had to, considering his status as Lelouch's Knight and all.]

I've been told he's rather violent though and is more likely to try and skewer me first then anything else.

[Which he hopes never happens, because with the 'live on' geass, he might be forced to take drastic action - against his will.]

...In our world, he did try to destroy us for his own gains, mainly taking the Millennium Puzzle for himself. He wanted to gather all seven of the Items so that he could release a dark god that Mou Hitori no Watashi had sealed away with his death. I don't know if it's the same for your world, but that's how I remember him.

He's a patient and scheming type, from what I remember about him. He tried to our seal away our souls, first inside of figurines, the second time inside of our favorite Duel Monster's cards. He also took over Ryou-chan's body for an entire month to build a diorama of Ancient Egypt so that he could have a final battle with Mou Hitori no Watashi.

Though, between all of those events, there were several months, at least a year or two all together, where he was quiet. It's like we just forgot about him for a time while there was something bigger going on at the time.

... Ryou-san hasn't mentioned that to me, but... well, I'm not privy to all her secrets. I know enough so that I can protect Lelouch, and her, if need be.

[He wonders if Lelouch knows any of this - about trying to take the puzzle for himself. Or what Lelouch actually does know about Ryou's spirit. He'll have to ask.]

She does like to keep to herself sometimes. I think she just got used to doing so because the Spirit unconsciously kept her so isolated from others, she didn't want anyone else to be hurt because of her.

The first time we defeated him in a game, she looked so happy and relieved. The time that we had thought he was gone for good, she opened up so much; she smiled more and she talked a lot more, especially when she was excited. She really is a sweet and energetic person once you get her past her walls.

Yes, she did seem that way to me.

[That might explain how she fell in with Lelouch then - he wouldn't have let something like that stop him, if he could think of a use for her. Or perhaps she had been a frightened young girl who reminded him of Nunnally and that's why he took her in. He had never pressed for details - Lelouch had his reasons, of that Suzaku was sure.]

I hope she stays on that path, in both of our worlds. She's been through a lot, from what she's told me. I'd like for her to be happy, in the end. [She wishes that for everyone, though, to be as happy as they can be.]

Everyone deserves to be happy, I think. To be around who or what makes them feel happy.

Well, considering the things that are happening to her where I'm from - I would like to think she's happy. She seems to be.

[God, Yuugi, why are you so cute?]

That sounds nice, I wish everyone thought like that.

Really? What's happening to her in your world? [She doesn't know much of what happened to Ryou after the Ceremonial Duel. She does hope that the other is getting on well in her life, considering what had happened as long as she had known the girl.]

Are you happy where you are, Suzaku-san?

I... well... it's probably something she should tell you, Yuugi-san. It is a bit personal, after all.

[There's a bit of a pause as he contemplates.]

I'm not entirely sure. There's a lot of things I'd change if I could, things I would do differently if I was able, but... we did the things we set out to do. I don't know if 'happy' is the exact word, maybe content.

...All right. I'll ask her about it the next time I see her. [And then she can squee and aww at Ryou's son's baby pictures, because babies, man.]

Do you miss them, your friends?

I miss the ones that are lost to me, yes.

[Like Euphemia. He knows what happened now and he... he doesn't blame Lelouch anymore, not really, but it still hurts. Know that he failed her, as her Knight and as her... whatever he had been.]

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