Disclaimer- Not mine, okay? (I wonder if I wished hard enough, maybe...?)
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Who is this child with the courage to stand? To face down certain death just to try to protect those who should protect him?
What makes him stay when he should try to run; to act more like an adult than most adults themselves?
Where did he come from?
Why is he here?
How does he find the confidence to stand?
Who is this child I have now taken in? He buried all those who were killed! They were neither family nor kin, some were even enemies bent on killing him!
What made him stay? I know of no adult (other than myself) who would have taken that kind of time and care. He is only a child, and a very small one at that!
Where was he taught to place value in the lives around him? His actions have proven he does, although he needs to learn that his is important too.
Why does he understand that when life is gone, the body left behind is just that, a body? It is nothing more than an empty shell and there is no reason to treat one shell different than another. He made that connection when so few do.
How does he find the will to push himself to learn what I am trying to teach him when he has been through such horrors at such a young age and fragile time in his life? Am I doing the right thing?
Who is this child? The demon he has become is so different than the boy he once was.
What made him leave, to allow himself to be used in such terrible manner?
Where is he now? Has he completely lost himself to the hitokiri he is now? Who can help him now? Who will save him from himself? Is all hope for him gone?
Why didn't he listen to me? I could have saved him from the torment he is surely in now. His heart is to gentle to handle so much death dealt by his hand.
How can he survive? Will he ever come home?
Who is this man who has come to me now? His spirit was broken, but seems to be finally healing.
What has he learned through his pain and his wanderings? Can he really be the same person as the child I once knew? Has he truly learned to value all life once again? Has he at last learned to value is own? He mastered the final move of the Hiten Mitserugi, so that should mean he does, but with him I can never be sure.
Where did he learn to be the kind of man to instill such loyalty in his friends? Does he even know that he does? They followed him all the way to Kyoto from Tokyo and from what I have seen, they will follow him further if the need were to arise. They love him, that much is sure.
Why does he still fight? Is he allowing himself to be used again, or is he doing this for the ones close to him, and all those who cannot fight.
How can I convince him that he is not only wanted by those he now calls his friends, but by the one who raised him as well. I would like to have my boy back in my life. My son. Does he even know that I think of him that way? How can I tell him? My pride won't let me say it to him, but watching him has taught me so many things, and I need to learn more.
Who is he?
What is he?
Where is he?
Why is he?
How is he?
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Well, if you should so choose, I would like to know what you thought. If not, thank you for reading it anyway! (At least I hopeyou did.!)