Note: What was originally a drabble prompt, and a glimpse into Hikari's backstory before her time as Tomoko's mother.
Sparkle 2: Fight Me
"Young lady, you get back here and listen!"
Hikari didn't turn her head, even when she felt herself flinch at the sound of her mother's voice. It was the first time in years that Hikari ever heard her mother be so angry, and every single part of her was conflicted, but things were different.
She wasn't that little girl anymore, scared of her parents' opinions.
"You're really going to ignore me?! Even after I cared for you for so long! I bought that violin for you, dammit! You are still a child, and you're running off with a ninja?! What kind of gratitude is that to your mother?!"
The words hurt, but when Hikari looked up at her window to meet those brown eyes, she smiled.
"Yes. I'm running away to a ninja who cared for me way more than you ever did, Kaa-san. I don't owe you anything."
The woman's voice faltered for the first time in 20 years, and the stare burning into her back was hot. "You— Hik—"
"I'm graduating from you, Kaa-san. Thank you for everything."
Hikari didn't hesitate in taking Judai's hand to head out the window. Even if her parents were screaming after her. Even if her stomach protested at Judai's ninja speed.
She was with someone she loved, and that was enough.