Songi Vs. Gala: Crossed Minds

Songi's POV::</i></u></strong>

Damn you Gala.

How is it that you managed to make friends? Of all people?

I took up a seru to beat you. And yet you still won.

What was it that drove you on to beat the strongest of all living entities? ME?

I crushed you at our first meeting after those two brats came along. But you bested me in Zeto's fortress. That fool. I can't believe he lost to a bunch of wimps like you. Then again at Mt. Letona. You beat me again, with an Advanced Sim Seru on MY side! I had great faith in Cort's creations, but you...you and your Ra-Seru seemed unbeatable.

When you arrived in Karisto Kingdom, I admit, I began to worry. I had never thought you'd make it past Dohati. That rabid bird and his vile dripping venomous drool was enough to even knock me out temporarily. But when you beat him, I became fraught with thoughts that plagued my mind.

"If I couldn't beat him, how could they?"
-Superior numbers came to mind. There were 3 of you and one of me.

"If I couldn't have gotten this far without my Seru, where would you have been?"
-Probably back at Biron consumed by the Mist...no, it was those kids who led me to a Seru...

Damn it, I guess I had to thank them at some point. Without my discovery of Ra-Seru, and without the turning hands to Cort, I would never have had my Sim-Seru.

Do you remember, Gala?

The time when we truly were friends?

It seems so long ago, yet still such a fresh wound in my mind.

The day of the tournament. The Jigul grass.

You made me look like such a fool. After everyone found out I had cheated. That I had drugged you so badly you wouldn't move an inch for the next three weeks. I was so humiliated.

All my work, my hard earned work up until that point had been useless. After that, people began to question whether or not I deserved my position. They had begun to believe I had cheated my way to the top, right below you.

AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!

And now I'm dead, blast you Gala. You beat me for the last time. So now, thanks to you, I can rot away in hell.

Some friend.



Gala's POV:</i></u></strong>

What there was in you, I will never know. A resentment you could not release?

I understand why you hated me so. But it in truth was all your fault. After all, you did cheat, Songi. Therefore the only one you have to blame is yourself. I, on the otherhand worked hard to gain that title.

But I can't help but look back and see that I could have helped you along as well. Instead of providing a helping hand, I unwittingly set the standard for everyone. The young child, who's parents were killed. The one whom latched onto Biron at an early age, and out mastered everyone else by the age of eighteen.

I see it now, but I cannot blame you for your jealousy. I would have been envious too.

The fact that I lived up to Master's expectations and more meant nothing to me. I just strived for a world where we would be free of that which tore me from my family. Through strength, I sought revenge. And I cannot believe I couldn't see it until now.

There was a proverb I heard once.

Anger begets strength. I saw it in you, but refused to believe that you had changed so much. Was it really the tournament that threw us apart? I saw it through the eyes of Tieg, but it pained me so much I couldn't believe it. True, you had given me a sedative and numbing agent. But you had no other choice. It was a matter of honor. And if she hadn't remembered that you had asked for such an odd pain remedy, you would have won, under reasonable suspicion.

You didn't want to lose your honor. But your pride made you blind. To lose without cheating is not to lose honor. To win by cheating is. So in your own little way, Songi, you dishonored yourself. It was not my doing.

But I still wish I had my old friend back.

Yes, I still consider you my brother. You were the only one who would sit by my side and listen when we were younger. And now, you turned your back on everything we had. I was forced to kill you because you had become so blinded by your rage. I did not want to, Oh by the Gods of Time, I did not want to. Nothing in the world made me feel worse.

Some friend I was, right?