In that time you had gotten to know Maru, he's always been someone cheerful and kind. Never in your life would you imagine him having a secret side of him. Cross has always been the serious one, so why...

"I'm sorry, but we won't leave Earth." Maru stated firmly, his gaze hard as a stone. It was a day of the duel between Dabura and Yuka, a month after the incident with Cross getting shot and injured. You found Maru, being able to talk to him one last time before it would happen. But he looked different.

It send a chill down your spine. He was looking at you as if you were a threat, his fingers touching the hilt of his sword. The cold, hardened determination radiated from him. Was this really the Maru you knew?