“You are the controller of your own life. You lead a one man army, and you are the sole solider. It is only determined through your own actions if you will become what you want, in the end. Whether that be a tyrant or traitor, a hero or saviour, depends solely you.”
Morro, and what he wanted to be over the course of his existence. With a young sensei, a terrifying beast, and an old tyrant.
Wu looked at the small boy in front of him, so tiny and innocent, pure despite the pain he has already faced in his few short years of life. The emerald green streak tangled in his black hair as the wind swept over the two, resting from another day of training. Wu’s own golden eyes stared at the mesmerising sunset, before he turned his head to face his very first student. His very first child.
“Morro.” Teal eyes turned away from the warm tea cup wrapped in tiny hands, only to stare into the golden eyes the child finds so safe (yet one day, so painful)
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
He watches as the naive child blinked up at him, turning his eyes back to the tea cup as his brows furrowed and his mouth moved into a thoughtful pout. Wu had to contain his laughter at the child’s deep thinking over such a simple question.
(Wu did not know the true insecurities the child faces when it comes to his place in the world, when it comes to his future.)
Teal eyes glimmered in the sunset as they turned back to face the pure gold held in his father’s eyes.
With a grin, he said “Strong!”
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Sitting in the flesh of a beast like no other, what were once bright teal eyes shone a dull green at the dark and moist ground of their second home.
As others like him- transparent and gone, free from the shackles of life yet chained to the horrors of death- floated around, the teen heard, more then felt, the slimy tentacle that wrapped around his arms.
The teen felt, more than heard, the beady eye that stared deep into his very soul.
A voice only he could hear echoed deep in his ears, in his brain, in his heart.
It was cold and vile, a sound no man nor women could ever escape from whilst remaining mentally sound.
“Morro…”
His own name, one he does not recall ever earning, sent shivers down his soul itself. He wished to rip the name, the title, out of his very being. So no person may ever corrupt the memory of what he once was.
“What do you wish to be, oh Child of the Wind?”
His eyes, shut to escape his new reality, peeled themselves open.
Dull green stared ahead, blank and empty at the horrors before his eyes.
“Powerful.”
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The field of green tickled his cheeks as he laid on his back, the sound of children running far away.
His eyes, a dull teal, stared lazily up at the bluish sky. He could see the shades of green mixed in in harmony, as expected from a realm of eternal peace. He felt ants climb over his hands, birds tweeting sweetly in the trees surrounding him. He felt hidden away, from everyone and everything.
But what you feel cannot always be a reality, and he mourned the quiet that was lost to the sounds of footsteps, leaves crushed under their feet as they made their way over to the teen who laid on the grass.
He huffed in amusement. Funny how this man was the one to destroy his quiet, he thought, as he heard the other swiftly sit on the grass next to where his own body lay, not a sound heard.
It was silent as they both stared at the clear blue sky, contemplative and nostalgic from who they once were.
Red eyes, tinged with shades of gold, turned to stare at the teen who laid next to him. He saw the other at peace, his eyes maybe dull, but gaining the small spark they once held yet again. With a smile, the old man turned his tired eyes back to the blue sky, letting the sounds of happy souls fill his ears fully.
For hours they lay in harmony, because no words had to be exchanged between two souls so similar to one another.
“Your life is your own now, dear child. What do you wish to become, after everything you have done?”
“…kind. I wish to be kind.”
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