Parents And Children: Before A Storm [Episode 5857]

by Kender

The Master looked over the home that he had built and smiled. When he had first come to this land so far from the nation of his birth, he hadn't thought that what he would make would become something like this. It had turned from its initial form as a refuge from what had been into a place to live and grow. Even now, he could see a pigtailed child run along the grounds being chased by another child. Such a sweet image of what would be a cherished memory in the future.

But 'Pantyhose' Taro knew that it could not last forever. When these children had been but just born, they had been put into his care by their parents, and it was a task that he took very seriously. He knew that no one would have ever considered him to be the one to be given the responsibility, but that was the point. For not only was he a great fighter, but he was also one of the few individuals who would not be immediately thought of when one would go looking for the young ones, if someone were to find out that they had existed.

Still, there was more to his responsibility than just raising the children. Thier parents had been taken from them, murdered by those who would eventually have to be punished. Those people would have to pay for what they had done, and sooner or later, they would.

Which was why he made damned certain to give those children the best training that he could give or find. Eventually they would have to make their own way in the world, and that would mean that they would have a choice. The first option would be to try and go after those who had killed their parents. That would mean that they would have to be dedicated, and train hard for what would likely be a hard fight.

If they didn't want to do that, they could always try to keep from getting noticed by those same killers, and train hard to be able to protect themselves if they were discovered.

Either way, they would likely have a life of great hardship ahead of them. That was the reason that he let them have moments like these. All too soon they would have to leave their home in the mountains and eventually face those who had murdered their parents, the:

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(Posted Thu, 10 Jul 2003 06:26)

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