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Regret (Chiyo)

"Mistakes can never be fixed"

It was wrong. She knew that the moment he was born, premature and far, far too small, and the feeling increased as she watched him grow up, older and older, defying his father just with his continued existence as assassin after assassin died trying to take him (or was it it – she didn't know anymore) down. Even when he became leader (still feared but not so much) she still knew she'd been wrong all those years ago. She gave her remaining life to restore his in a pathetic attempt at salvation (apology), despite knowing that mistakes can never be fixed.

Exactly 100 words. Prompts are very welcome (please use the form Theme, Character, "Prompt" e.g. Regret, Chiyo, "Mistakes can never be fixed"). No OCs or anime-filler characters, please, but any other character, however obscure, is welcome.

Tsari