With the upcoming war that will soon begin, Empress Siku had Tadasu and Taeru trained me daily so that I can be prepared for the war. I was super excited to fight in the war, it was my first time being in one and I was going to do my best.
“ Do you think Moeru will be prepared to fight in the war? “ My Great Grandfather Jingu said with a worried expression. He was worried that I wouldn’t be strong enough and he knew that he couldn’t join me because he is now too old. He doesn’t want to hurt himself.
“ She’ll be fine! Tadasu and Taeru have been training her daily and I have faith in her! “ Empress Siku smiled at him.
*****
810 A.D.
(Tomoe’s POV)
In the summer of 810 A.D. I gave birth to a baby girl named Tsuyoi. I loved every minute of being with my daughter, my mother also enjoyed being a grandmother, it was strange to see her loving her….she never showed me that much love as a child. I’m just glad that she’s a part of our lives.
I would often become very busy with strategizing the upcoming war, I began spending less time with my daughter…..so I would often have her with my mother and with her father from time to time. I hated that I had to make this discussion…but it was for the best. Between 811 A.D. and 812 A.D. when my daughter was with her father, I would go to visit her often…. I knew I couldn’t stay very long with her, so I started to tear up and hug my daughter tightly. Tsuyoi’s father walked over towards me and gently rubbed my back. We all sat in silence for a while spending time with our daughter.
The first war started in 813 A.D. and during that time Tsuyoi was three years old, I haven’t visited her at all, I’ve been so caught up in the war that I had forgotten about my daughter p, and my mind started to slip pure evil… I didn’t care about Tsuyoi, Tsuyoi’s father, my mother, or anything else. My main focus was to kill Kagayaki and her warriors….and I had done that. I continued my evil ways and forgot about my daughter.
( Tsuyoi’s POV)
Seven years have passed since I’ve last heard or seen my mother. I’m now nine years old…my mother hasn’t even written a letter to me. This made my father very upset with my mother, how could she not visit her own daughter? The next morning I saw my father crying uncontrollably at his desk, he looked over at me with tears still falling down his face, he told me to come see him.
“ Tsuyoi, I just received this letter from a young woman….she said it was written before she—“ My father’s voice started to crack and started crying again
“ F-Father…where is mother? “ I started trembling
“ Tsuyoi….your mother has passed away….I’m so sorry sweetheart. Here’s the letter she wrote before she passed.”
I started crying and grabbed the letter from my father. I went to my room crying even more while reading the letter from my mother. The letter said:
My sweet Tsuyoi,
I’m so sorry that I never visited you! I miss you so much and wish I could come see you, but I’m so busy here because I am the Empress.
I don’t deserve to be your mother, I gave you away just like your grandmother did to me. I don’t deserve your love either…I have done so many evil and wicked things in my life, I hope when you become an adult you’ll never do the things I have done!
I love you so much Tsuyoi and I loved your father even if it doesn’t look like I do. Just know that I’m sorry for not being there….and I must go, I’m so sorry!
From
Your Mother
Tears fell on the letter while reading my mother’s letter to me, I was so heartbroken and didn’t know what to do. How could she leave me like that? I went to sleep thinking about my mother and started to cry again.
For the past couple of years I started to train and become a very skilled warrior. I fought in numerous wars, I stopped fighting in wars as a young adult. In 839 A.D. I returned to my mother’s kingdom, but soon realized that it was no longer my mother’s kingdom anymore…..it was run by different people and the new Empress was not related to me. I stormed into the kingdom furiously, the soldiers got startled because they thought I was my mother. I explained to them that I was the daughter of Tomoe and wanted to claim the throne, but the Empress said that I cannot become the Empress…..the kingdom never knew my mother had a daughter. I stood there in shock….how could my mother pretend that I never existed? Why didn’t she let me take the throne?
“ I’m so sorry that you had such a wicked mother! Your grandmother was just as evil, she kept me and my friends as prisoners here in this kingdom! When the citizens asked me if I could become the Empress I was so livid! Do they know the hell I’ve been through in that dungeon? But I had a change of heart and made this kingdom, this country, and citizens a peaceful place like it should have been! I refuse to let her offspring take the throne! “ Tears streamed down her face as she shouted
“ It is true that my mother and grandmother were wicked people, but I’m not like my mother at all! I’m part of this royal kingdom, I should be the Empress! But do what you want! Just know that I’m a Princess and this is where I was born! “ I walked away clenching my fist….tears fell down my cheeks. I never stepped foot in the kingdom ever again.
*****
In 840 A.D. , I gave birth to a baby girl named Zaru. I began a new journey with my daughter, I wished my mother were here to see my daughter. Would she love her grandmother? Would she be proud of me? Those thoughts randomly popped up in my mind. For the rest of my life I gave up fighting in wars to take care of Zaru. Twenty four years have passed so fast, I’m now Fifty Two years old and Zaru is now an adult, married, and expecting a baby girl. On April 1st 862 A.D. Zaru gave birth to a baby girl named Zai. As a baby my granddaughter Zai was such a happy baby. When she got older she wanted Zaru to train her. So her mother started to train Zai into becoming a skilled warrior like my mother once was. Zai became so obsessed with fighting and killing in wars, she entered her first war at just thirteen years old…her first battle frightened her so much that she began to obsess over it daily, then when she entered the battlefield again she killed ten thousand soldiers in five seconds….I noticed a couple of things about my granddaughter….she reminded me of my mother, whose mind slipped into evil things. Her hunger for battles and killing….which very much kind of made me a little worried about her. Zaru was extremely worried about Zai’s obsession with killing and battle, it wasn’t normal for a teenager like her. One day during a battle, Zai lost her right eye….she didn’t even care about losing it…she wanted to fight more.
“ I want to pay that kingdom a visit! How dare they take over our legacy! I will kill all of those disgusting people! “ she clenched onto her sword and told her soldiers to get ready for battle….they’re going to destroy every single citizen in the city. Then they’ll destroy everyone in the kingdom.
“ Empress Siku, your head is mine! “ She laughed evilly and rode her horse towards Yonaka Kingdom along with her warriors.
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