Hello. My name is Kuwabara Masayoshi. My parents named me Masayoshi because it's Japanese for 'govern righteously' and also for 'shining goodness'. They hoped that, when I was older, I would hold a position of power in Kawagakure, and they wanted me to be a good ruler. They also wanted me to have a lot of friends, and hoped that if I was named 'shining goodness' that I would have the right personality to be popular. In a way, their wishes came true. I did have a lot of friends, but they weren't good friends. The only good friend I ever had was Kikuchi Azami, and, well...I didn't think of her as just a friend. We never mentioned it, but...I think we both must've felt it. She tried to teach me some of her ninja arts, but I wasn't good enough to learn them. She was always patient with me, though, and sometimes she blushed as she laughed at my efforts. I didn't mind her laughter, though...I was pretty pathetic. The day I died was the day we first kissed. I'm sure that, if I had lived, we would have ended up marrying. But...I didn't. I died that day, in the middle of the kiss I had waited for for sixteen years. But what I want most is for her to move on, to find someone that she really does love. It'll take all the strength she has inside of her and all the courage she can muster to go on after what happened to our village...and the only thing that can help her is to have someone who loves her. I want her to be happy. I don't care who it's with, as long as she has someone to count on.
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Kuwabara Masayoshi? He was my best friend. I thought I loved him, but...he knew that I didn't. He was wise beyond his years, that one, and we were always together. He cared about Yoshihiro, too, and that was always important to me. Towards the end, I had a big crush on him, and I think he may have liked me as well. In fact, I was pretty sure that we'd end up getting married eventually. Even though I'm only fifteen, I couldn't picture living without my Masa. Now that I am...it's horrible. I miss him, and I can't go an hour without wondering how things would've been different if only I had been able to protect him. I keep remembering all the times we had together, like the times he helped me with homework in school. He was always smart; ever since we were first friends he had always been the smart one. I don't know how he did it, but he trained me to think intelligently. Before he died, he told me that he wanted me to make sure it was for real the next time I said that I loved someone, implying that he wanted me to find someone to love. I don't think I can...it'll be too hard. I'll try...but I know I can't.
Most of all, I miss him.
I did Masayoshi's perspective for MistFaerie93, and I added Azami's thoughts of Masayoshi for me, because I thought it was fun :)
I kinda miss him :(
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