Heyo everyone! Here's another exclusive Shinobi 7 fiction.This blog is where readers and fans of the S7 Series can read more in-depth stories and behind-the-scenes fictions that happen in the universe of my books. You'll get to know the characters more and find out certain events that happen in the book series that wasn't told or gone into detail. These fictions are like the missing puzzle pieces, like a cherry on top.
This prompt once again returns to the characters Master Kitsune and Akira Miyamoto. There is a strong bond that these characters share, both good and bad. The books introduce the kinetic between them, and this prompt will give a little more thought to them.
As the readers have discovered in the series, Master Kitsune disappeared from the world for twenty-three long years, all without a trace. This was after the vicious battle with Blackthorn. Everything was chaotic. When Master Kitsune disappeared, the weight of running the clan fell on Akira's shoulders.
How did it feel for Akira to suddenly take charge after her master went missing? Especially after suffering the loss of many other students from Blackthorn's attack. What toll did this responsibility take on Akira, even though Master Kitsune returned to her?
The fiction below explores this. Please enjoy.
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She
wanted nothing more than to be with him.
For
twenty-three long years, Master Kitsune was out of her world and
disappeared without a trace. Akira couldn't show how much she was
affected by his absence to Shinichi and Zuko. They were her
teammates, yes, and they too felt the same pang of loss. But Master
Kitsune's disappearance brought on more than just sadness.
It
brought deeply embedded abandonment.
Like
a father leaving his child, Akira felt like Master Kitsune abandoned
her to fend for herself. She needed him. Didn't he know that? She
needed his presence, his approval, and his watchful eye. She needed
him. Most of all, she
needed him to tell her right from wrong, because there were times
when Akira felt those lines blur.
She
buried these harsh feelings inside of herself. This was done for two
reasons.
One,
because she didn't want to be associated with the little girl she
used to be. She was not the fourteen year old child who joined the
Kitsune Clan completely untrained. The little girl who used to be
afraid and cry when things didn't go her way. That image was long
tarnished, as far as Akira was concerned.
Two,
because telling Master Kitsune that he abandoned her wouldn't help
anything. The damage had already been done, he left and now he has
returned.
Akira
felt like she needed answers from him. She felt like he owed her
answers, actually, as if she had some sort of entitlement to know
where he had been and why. Master Kitsune owed her some sort of
answer, didn't he?
No.
The answer was no.
Because
Master Kitsune was not her father. She was not his daughter. They
shared no blood between them. Her role never changed from when he
left or when he returned—
she was his student. Akira may have been given the position of
second-in-command of the Kitsune Clan, but she would always be Master
Kitsune's student.
As his student, it was not her place
to ask where he had been, what he had been doing, anything at all.
Her job was to follow his orders and give orders of her own. That was
that.
So, Akira sunk down against her
red-colored couch inside of the privacy of her home. She willed her
heart to slow its beating, but it would not listen. In her moments
alone, Akira was able to be weak. She could wonder about the “what
ifs.” She could complain, whine, scream, shout... anything.
But at some point she would have to
get off her couch, tighten her hair's bun, and get back out there.
Master Kitsune, her teammates, and her students were waiting for her.
It wasn't the weak woman they were waiting on, either. It was the
strong soldier who was always in control of herself.
With that said, Akira made quick
work of burying her feelings even deeper.
Thank you for reading! I'm also very excited to announce that I will be a guest at the upcoming 38th annual Coast Convention, being held in Biloxi MS on March 20-22nd! I'll be selling my Shinobi 7 Series books.
Read all about the convention HERE and if you wanna see my picture and bio, scroll to the veeeeeery bottom of the page. Check out the whole site!
To gear up for this event, I'll post updates on my con preparations, more S7 fictions, and a buncha random stuff that I don't even know about. We'll all find out together, I guess XD
~Arigato!
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