And here's why Banzai became an angry person.


Chapter 7: Seeing Through Banzai

Hours later, Musaki went over to the Bao Gu Orphanage with Naomi and when they got there, they see Banzai arguing with Wolf Guido and they couldn't help but watch in horror as Banzai punched him in the eye and stormed off. Ms. Faye tried to reason with him, but all he could do is just push her away and walk out. They got in the orphanage and Ms. Faye was excited to see Musaki and Naomi come in there.

She went in and said, "How are you both?"

"Doing good." Musaki replied.

"Same here." Naomi said.

"That's good to hear."

"How's it going here?"

Ms. Faye sighed heavily and said, "Banzai's been out of control."

"Ya think? He had to fight me for nothing this morning and it ended up with me getting a black eye."

Ms. Faye sees the black eye Musaki got from Banzai and she seemed shocked that he did it to Musaki, but then didn't seem quite surprised about it and said, "Well, that's not the first time."

Musaki grew confused about what she said and asked, "What do you mean by it's not the first time?"

"Banzai has been getting into trouble multiple times because of his anger after his father abused him as a child. He's been in and out of his life and in and out of jail and abandoned him when he was only four and his mother abandoned him as well when he was five and when he came to the orphanage, he's always been in his room and sometimes...he gets picked on a lot and it would hurt and there was no other way to deal with the situation other than fighting. At times, he would just fight with everyone here; me, most of the children and he would start fights outside of the orphanage with only innocent people, runs away for days and such. I try to get through to him, but he would just push me out of his space because he has a quick temper and I'm just at the end of my rope. I really don't know what to do with him anymore."

"Mikhail told me about this not too long ago." Musaki added.

"No one gets through to him and it's really no use."

Musaki thought about this for a second and he was thinking that someone would get through to him and then he said, "How about me?"

Ms. Faye looked at Musaki for a minute and said, "That'd be impossible. He wouldn't tell anyone about his past."

"I was the same way when I was here, but I never had a quick temper. Someone got through to me and even if I have to endure whatever he does to me to get through to him, then so be it."

Ms. Faye seemed surprised that Musaki would be this determined to do this and she said, "If you say so, Musaki. I can't exactly tell you about it, but you're always one to try harder."

"I have my new family to thank for that."

Later on, Ms. Faye showed Musaki the way to Banzai's room and as soon as he got there, he heard some crying on the other side of the door and he could tell that someone's really broken inside. He silently opened the door and Banzai didn't even bother to look and see who it is.

"Go away." Banzai said, tearfully.

Musaki only came in and said, "I only came here to talk."

"What's there to talk about?"

Musaki grew serious and he said, "I wanna know why you fought me for no reason."

"Because I can! That's why!" Banzai screamed.

Musaki folded his arms and said, "That's not an answer."

Banzai grew irritated about Musaki wanting to know about his anger and asked, "Why is this so important to you?"

"Because I've been where you are! I know what it's like to hide yourself away from everyone that tries to help you and deals with being treated like crap everyday. I know, I've been there before. But I never had a quick temper like you. The only way I learned to let out all of my problems is to tell someone about it."

Banzai looked at Musaki like he was crazy, but at the same time, he hid the fact that he was right. He felt really ashamed about fighting him for no reason and how he managed to literally do some harm to him. Musaki sat down on the ground and said, "You wanna tell me why you're such a violent person?"

Banzai was hesitant to say anything, but he could see that he's willing to listen to him. He sighed and said, "It's because of my dad. He's been in and out of my life because he's been in jail multiple times for violence and stuff. He literally hurt me. He just told me that i'm the worst son I've been and I wish I would die and one day, he came to my room and just used a whip to harm me. I still feel the scars on my back seeing that happening and then, he bailed on me. He left me. Not long after that, my mother didn't want nothing to do with me and left me to fend for myself. Do you know how much that feeling of being abandoned does to you? Do you have any idea? I was here maybe a couple of years ago and people would pick on me. It also added to my hurt feelings and the only way to let it out is just by fighting them. As I got older, my anger got me into trouble a lot and Ms. Faye would try to stop me, but I didn't really care. I want to change, but I just can't do it. I just...I just don't know how."

Musaki could feel this person's hurt and sorrow the fact that his childhood was destroyed by things of the past. He asked, "How old are you?"

"16."

"So am I. Listen, those things in the past had happened, but you can't let it control your life and the only reason why you're like this is because you haven't forgiven your parents. It's their problem, not yours. They're the ones that's missing out. The only thing you can do is try to change yourself, but in order to do that, you have to let some things from the past go."

Banzai looked at Musaki with tears in his eyes and suddenly, he gets up and hugs him deeply and starts crying on his shoulders. He told him, "I'm so sorry. I'm really really sorry."

"It's okay."

Minutes later, Banzai walked out of the room and he sees a very nervous Ms. Faye and she didn't know what might happen, but to her surprise, he went in and hugged her tightly. He whispered, "I'm sorry."

She returned the hug and Musaki just stood there watching it come to light. She looked at Musaki and said, "I don't know how you did it."

"Master Shifu taught me a few things and I can instill them on everyone who's been through a hard time."

Naomi and Wolf Guido came in and Musaki walked off with them and Banzai stopped him and told him thanks for what he did. He smiled and walked off, leaving Banzai with peace in his heart for the first time.


Wow. Do I know how to make an emotional scene or what? Stick around, there's plenty more!