Ch. Twenty-One: Six Years Ago
"Hey, listen. I may not know much about you, but....I can tell that we were a like." Ty said. Seto picks his head up, his eyes shift to Ty. Ty gives him a small smile.
"Really?" He asks. Ty nods.
"Yeah...Coraline told me about some girl named Jazmine." Ty said. Seto looks away from him. Ty looks at him, noticing Seto is wearing a necklace with a ring on it. "What's that for?" Seto looks at it and puts it behind his shirt.
"Its nothing." Seto said. Ty chuckles and he moves closer to Seto.
"Come on, man. What is it?" Ty asks. Seto stays silent for a moment.
"I....I was gonna propose to Jazmine but...I was afraid too." Seto said. Ty gives him a smile.
"There's nothing wrong with that. But if you love this girl, and she loves you, she won't say no, she would say yes." Ty said. Seto looks away, he puts his hand on his head as it starts to hurt. Ty stands up. "Tell you what, I promise to help you find Jazmine, if you promise me that you will propose to her." Seto looks at him.
"But what if she says no?" He asks. Ty gives him a small smile.
"At least you tried." Ty said. Seto looks away from him. 'Getting rejected by the one girl I fell in love with would just be...devastating.' He thought. Ty looks at the floor. "I know you are scared to do that. But get it over with right? It is better to have someone than to be alone. So....don't make my mistake in letting people go when they want to be with you." Seto looks at him.
"What do you mean by that?" He asks. Ty smiles a little.
"I...I was best friends with this guy. His name was Adam Skylen but everyone called him Sky for short." Ty said.
"So where is he?" Seto asks. Seto sees Ty tense up and loses his smile.
"He...He um...died a long time ago." Ty mumbled. Seto looks away from him.
"I-I'm sorry. I—"
"It's okay, you didn't know. But if I know Adam, he would know what to do in times like these." Ty said. Both of them stay silent for a moment, until Seto breaks the silence.
"You don't have to answer this, but how did Adam die?" Seto asks. Ty hesitates, he looks at Seto and than at the ground.
"I....It's my fault he died. He was severely wounded protecting me, I tried everything that I could. To..you know...keep him alive, I took care of him. But....he died from a poison laced sword he was stabbed with three days later." Ty said. Seto looks at him.
"That's not your fault. He wanted to protect you." Seto mumbled. Ty glances at him and than gets up.
"He was poisoned, Seto. I should have known he was, he was suffering till the very end. And I...can we not talk about him anymore, I just want to forget." Ty said.
"That's why you are so familiar!" Coraline said from behind Ty. Ty turns around as Coraline took a few steps towards him. "You were a famous General." Ty winced and looked away.
"That was a long time ago." Ty said. Seto looks at Ty. Coraline takes a few steps towards him.
"The Commander died. The Sky Army fell apart without Commander Sky, and that's when the world went to absolute sh*t. What are you doing here, shouldn't you be with the other Generals trying to fix the world?" Coraline asks. Ty looks at her.
"The Sky Army doesn't exist anymore. Mitch, Jerome, Ian, Quentin, and Jason are gone, I have no idea where they are anymore. I mean I know where Ian and Jason are. But the other three, I have no idea. We all moved on." Ty said.
"Adam...what about him, huh? He entrusted you with the army—"
"He died six years ago, Coraline. And he picked poorly, I can't lead. I can't. And we fell apart anyway without him, but none of that matters anymore." Ty said. Ty turns to Seto. "We have to find Jazmine, isn't that why you are out here?" Seto looks at him. He nods.
"Yeah." Seto said. Ty looks at Coraline.
"And I know someone who is good at this sort of thing." Ty said. Coraline crosses her arms.
"And who might that be?" She asks.
"Jason."
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