And here's where we end this first installment with Sakamoto as a 10 year old.
Chapter 13: Carving Wood
Two years later...
10-year old Sakamoto walks onto the backyard and he thought that it was a better choice to see if he can do some wood carving on his own and he hopes that he'll be better at this after years of watching his dad and that he'll see if he can test it out.
He makes his way over to the garage, looks around to see if anyone's there and of course...no one's there so that means it's cool for him to take over from here. He closed the door, sat down on the stool with a few pieces of wood that he can try out and is ready for carving.
Sakamoto sighed heavily and he said, "All right, Saka...let's see how well you can carve some wood and make it really awesome."
He took a deep breath, got his father's carving knife, picks up the first piece of wood and starts thinking about what he'll make first and he started carving away like he was a pro.
Within the first couple of minutes, he made it into a bear-shaped like piece of wood and added some pretty cool stuff in it and placed the mini japanese sign on its forehead like the one he has. He takes one look at it and it completely amazed that it looks good, but is still a work in progress.
"Hmm...needs something to make it more fascinating." Sakamoto said.
Then, an idea popped into his head...as he continued carving away, he started to add in some personalized stuff onto the bear as if it were a real person and placed into more warrior-esque/japanese fighter type of thing and he continued on making that for a whole hour until it gets super completed.
After that, he takes one look at it and he was surprised that he actually carved it all by himself...at the age of 10. He chuckled softly and looked at the finished wood art and felt impressed that he accomplished it on his own.
"Nice..." Sakamoto said, chuckling.
The last piece of the puzzle is to paint him with mounds of colors to finalize it. He went around the cabinet and picks up a paintbrush and some paint to finish his masterpiece off. He started putting in some green and purple for the vest, black for the pants and brown for it's fur. He continued on painting his own action figure and then it gets completed in the process and after that, Sakamoto's own wood artwork is done.
"Now that is amazing." Sakamoto added.
He really enjoyed doing some woodwork and everything he got from his dad seems to have paid off bigger than anything. Soon after, he asked, "What next?"
Immediately after that, Sakamoto thought he could do one more wood carving item to make on his own and he decided to carve his own flute. He took a bamboo wood and carved it all the way down to a stick and puts in a few ridges, edges and holes in each side of the flute and and within about 30 minutes or less, he had made his very first flute.
Sakamoto lets out an exhausted sigh after tackling down two projects to complete, but it was all worth it for him to see if he can carve wood on his own and he's done it remarkably well. With his flute, he picks it up and decides to test it out and as soon as he played it...it sounded as amazing as he thought it would.
He continued on playing a few notes with the flute and he was totally unaware that his father was standing in front of the door, listening to his son and he was completely awestruck at it. After Sakamoto stopped, he heard someone clapping from behind and he turned around and sees that it was his father there and he said, "Hey, dad."
"Hello, Sakamoto. I figured I find you here." Oak said.
As Oak came in the room, he was surprised to see an action figure in front of the table and he didn't know whether he made it or if it was one of Mako's toys and Sakamoto asked, "What do you think? I made it myself."
That really surprised Oak the most to hear that his own son made something completely by himself and he turned to Sakamoto and asked, "You made that?"
"Yeah. You like it?" asked Sakamoto.
Oak chuckled softly and he came close to him and said, "Yeah, I do...especially that flute. Did you make that too?"
"Yep. Made my own flute too." Sakamoto replied.
That really brightened up Oak's day to hear that his son really carved some wood and he never expected that to happen. He knew that he would want to try it out for himself, but he thought that he'd be either 12 or 14 to attempt that, but never at age 10.
"Who taught you something like that?" asked Oak.
Sakamoto chuckled softly and replied, "I got it from you, dad."
That totally warmed up Oak's heart to know that it was him that taught him to carve wood really made him feel like Sakamoto had grown up watching his dad do all those cool things and then to actually try it on his own made him realize that he can do anything he likes to do, as long as he does it in the best effort.
"Saka...I am definitely proud of you. It's so hard to believe that you're growing up." Oak said, chuckling.
Sakamoto chuckled softly and said, "Well, I've grown up with an awesome teacher."
Oak immediately hugged him tightly and he said, "And I'm glad to have you as a student...for a son."
This is the best father/son moment! That's all for the first installment of 'Sakamoto's Life Story'! Remember, this is only the beginning because we'll get into the second installment: Sakamoto's pre-teen years! AniUniverse saying, to be continued!