My Brother's Keepsake (Sabo x Reader)

Chapter Sixteen: Kai

You were still worried about Kai the next day but he did not act like there was anything wrong. In actual fact, he seemed rather too normal. During his training session with Sabo, he did as he was told and he he even seemed to be in even better shape than usual even you could tell just by watching from a distance without being part of their sparring. He was moving quicker than usual, so quick that it was even hard for you to follow his movements and it made you dizzy.

Eventually, they took a break and Sabo said to him, "You've gotten quite used to using soru, you're not as sloppy as you were last week when you first discovered you could use it."

"You think so? Thank you, Sensei, it's all because of your guidance." Kai bowed.

"Perhaps, but it's because of your dedication as well, you've been working hard for a while." Sabo said. "Even your movements are not all over the place, and your attacks are a lot more defined. Your training seems to be progressing very well maybe, it's because your body is moving better."

"I think that I remember how I used to move, and how I used to fight." Kai said sitting down in exhaustion. "I think that it's because my memories are coming back so maybe that's why."

"Very well, that's good, it means you will be able to reach a higher level soon and I'll be able to teach you new things." Sabo told him.

"Really? Then does that mean that you'll take me into the field when you go on a mission?" Kai practically begged.

"No way. Going on a mission is not a simple thing that anyone can just do. Until I'm sure that you can fight by yourself and protect yourself along with your comrades, I'm not taking you anywhere." Sabo refused.

"But Sensei, you just praised me, and said that I improved!"

"I did, but it's not enough."

"Aren't you being a little too overprotective, Sensei?" Kai pushed.

"Dumbass, why would I protect you?" Sabo hit him over the head.

"I know! Exactly! So take me with you!"

"No."

Watching them now, it looked like everything was okay, maybe you were worrying needlessly you thought as you went upstairs to do some cleaning.

~

Something surprising happened when you were cleaning you and Sabo's bedroom, looking through the files on his desk. You found that there was a small box hidden under the desk and inside it there were a few old papers. You wondered if they were still useful things or if they were things that needed to be thrown away, so you decided to look through them and check and them properly so that you would ask Sabo later what to do with them. As you opened and looked through a few papers in the box, you found something that caught your eye. A manuscript.

Outside on the cover was written;  'First draft: A Perfect World by Sabo' At first, you thought there was no way it could be the same book that you were thinking about, so you opened it to read the first few pages and you were surprised that it was that same book.

In amazement, you read through the pages and it was really a rough of the book that you loved so much, A Perfect World. The book that got you through a lot of troubles when you were just a child searching for a home. You looked at it, surely this couldn't be! Sabo wrote this book? He really wrote it!

♤But then why didn't he tell me?♤

You put the book down and finished cleaning waiting for Sabo to return from his training. When he came back, you shoved the book in his face. Frowning, he caught it and looked at it. He then scratched his head and spoke.