Kiryu found us, two years later. He was a Dark Signer, dead man walking. I almost didn't recognise him. That man... he wasn't our leader any more. The same passion and determination that drove us to new heights turned him into an obsessive maniac who wanted to hunt down Yusei and make him suffer. He sacrificed so many to the Earthbound God, just to get back at Yusei. And he laughed as he did it.
[Crow shakes his head.]
I'd given up trying to save Kiryu long ago. But Yusei... He can be way more stubborn than me. He kept trying to get through to Kiryu. Put his life on the line for it. Fixed things between Kiryu and him. But the Earthbound Gods' power... it twists people. Even when a Dark Signer stops hating, the Earthbound God would take over and force them to keep trying to kill us.
[Crow pauses, takes a breath to keep his voice steady.]
...Do you know how Kiryu died?
[Of course Shulk doesn't; he didn't even know who Kiryu was until now. Crow raises his head, looks Shulk in the eyes, unfaltering.]
Kiryu died in Yusei's arms. Yusei had no choice but to kill him and watch him die.
i wasn't kidding when i said i had most of these typed up
Yeah... That's right.
Kiryu found us, two years later. He was a Dark Signer, dead man walking. I almost didn't recognise him. That man... he wasn't our leader any more. The same passion and determination that drove us to new heights turned him into an obsessive maniac who wanted to hunt down Yusei and make him suffer. He sacrificed so many to the Earthbound God, just to get back at Yusei. And he laughed as he did it.
[Crow shakes his head.]
I'd given up trying to save Kiryu long ago. But Yusei... He can be way more stubborn than me. He kept trying to get through to Kiryu. Put his life on the line for it. Fixed things between Kiryu and him. But the Earthbound Gods' power... it twists people. Even when a Dark Signer stops hating, the Earthbound God would take over and force them to keep trying to kill us.
[Crow pauses, takes a breath to keep his voice steady.]
...Do you know how Kiryu died?
[Of course Shulk doesn't; he didn't even know who Kiryu was until now. Crow raises his head, looks Shulk in the eyes, unfaltering.]
Kiryu died in Yusei's arms. Yusei had no choice but to kill him and watch him die.