9 Past

Before the attack on earth

John piloted the ship with a complicated expression.

He was lost in thoughts. The words Grisko said still got stuck in his head.

He looked at Grisko who starred out the window. Grisko noticed his glare.

"Is something?" said Grisko.

"No...nothing, just... do you think sometimes back to the time we three were together?" asked john.

"hm? " Grisko began to grin.

"What's wrong old friend, do we get sentimental with age?"

"what do you mean old? im not old! you are old! look at you! Your eye wrinkles has eye wrinkles! Can't you just answer my question? You do this everytime! *sigh* How can you still be an asshole you haven't changed one bit!"

"HAHAHAHA" Grisko roared from laughter.

Suddenly there was silence.

John couldn't endure the silent atmosphere anymore and just as he was ready to say something.

"Always" said Grisko.

"What?" asked John.

"I always think back to the time we spent together. Asking myself whether she would be with us now if I did something.

I don't think there would be a change though. hahaha"

"hahaha you are right, she wasn't one you could talk her out of something, in this aspect she and you are both similar."

"How's that so?"

"You are really both stubborn to the end once determined!"

"..." Grisko was speechless.

"but you know what?"

"What?"

"she wouldn't be marry if you could talk her dreams out off her. Right?"

"Right"

They both looked at each other and smiled slightly.

"Still I don't understand why of all man she choose you" John shakes his head.

"What do you mean with that?!" Griskos mouth began twitching.

"Listen up, my sister was beautiful, smart, independent, strongwilled, cheerful, how do I say it? She was unlike you" John blinked.

"John, you sistercon! You were always overprotective! You think Marry didn't know that you would always beat up the guys who were after her!"

John was shocked!

"S-she knew?"

"Of course you pig head!"

"Well I tried to beat you up too, but you were always coming back asking for more" John shrugged his shoulders.

"Do you think that little beating would stop me?" asked Grisko.

"Well at the beginning at least, but you were the only one who came back, again and again and again and again, you came back so often that everytime you were beat up, Marry was already there caring for your bruises, it was such a habit that after a time you sat with us eating. You were the only one I approved of, like I said you are stubborn and god damn stop grinning already!!!"

"Hahaha I knew you loved me back then, come and give me a kiss and hug!!"

Grisko was grinning, laughing, crying.

"Who wants to kiss you! go away you BASTARD!" John kicked Grisko in the face.

"AH YOU DAMN UGLY PIG HEAD BASTARD! Why the shit did you kick me in the face! it hurts you know!"

Grisko Complained!

"You deserved it! Grisko lets get serious, we are flying non stop but we still didn't find them. flying blindly brings us not really forward. What do we do now?"

Grisko frowned, he ignored his nosebleed, he knew John was right.

they thought that the kids were somewhere near, who thought they were wrong? they didn't have much time either.

"Ah..."

"What?"

"I remember now. every ship has their own Number, like used for tracking and such things, why don't we use that?" said Grisko.

"..."

John started kicking him.

"Why didn't you say so earlier!"