Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-27993107-20160522094255/@comment-27993107-20160522094308

Claps of lightning struck through the grey clouded sky. It was a terrible storm out and it wasn’t letting up with any of the essentials. The rain poured down and collided with the tin metal top of the shed roofing. A black haired young man stood there with his black jacket on, fur around the collar of it, and a pair of blue jeans. He didn’t have an umbrella but he did have a clenched fist. It shook but he wasn’t sure whether it was with anger or with sorrow. The feeling of both coursed through his veins as he stood there letting the “rain” fall from pale cheeks. A dull coloration in his usually shimmery silver eyes. The sounds of a distant thunder began to bring themselves to be heard as he turned his head to see the lights coming. It's been a whole week since Alastor seen Mai he even left all areas which they shared, who could blame him? Images of his mother still ringing inside his head as deep down this bothered Alastor because he felt as if his father death was really his fault, if he wasn’t too weak he could of done something him and his father together could of.-Flashback- 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 '𝒗𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒔 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆. 𝑴𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝑰 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒎 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒍𝒍 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 " <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: "CambriaMath"">𝑷𝒂𝒑�� . " <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑫𝒆𝒆𝒑 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒊𝒏 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒐𝒇 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒊𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒂𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒎 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒘𝒐 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒈𝒐 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒉en <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒃𝒐𝒚 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒊𝒏 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒅𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑨𝒍𝒑𝒉𝒂 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒐𝒇 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒃𝒚 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒉𝒐 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒑 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒅𝒖𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒐 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒐𝒇 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒏. <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑫𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒊𝒏 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒔𝒐𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒇𝒂��𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒊𝒏 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒎 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒍𝒆𝒈, <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒍𝒍 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒂𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒆 , <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒉𝒐 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒖𝒔𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒐 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒍𝒍 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅. <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒐 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒐𝒇 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕��𝒐𝒏 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒊𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒂𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒎 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒂𝒏𝒅 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒉𝒊𝒔 <span style="font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mai had been searching for Alastor for a week. She checked everywhere. His nest, the river where they shared a kiss, the training grounds, she had even found his home. The woman that answered the door wouldn’t speak. When Mai asked if she knew where the boy was, the woman simply shook her head, then closed the door in her face. It was raining now, yet the red-head didn’t seem to notice. Since Alastor told her he didn’t want her around, she had been a shell. Even more closed off then usual. Even Hiaate mentioned something about it, asking if something had happened. And boy was he shocked when the normally reserved child began to cry and ran out of the house. Since then she hadn’t returned home, searching day and night for the boy. She just had to explain. She had to make him listen to her. The rain soaked Mai and the lightning showed just how much weight she lost in the past week. She vowed not to eat or sleep until she saw Alastor again. Coming to a random place the expressionless faced girl noticed someone sitting in the rain. Moving closer she saw it was the person she had been seeking. Being as quiet as a ghost, she walked until she was in front of him. “Alastor… Please… You have to… Let me explain… Please?” She said, her usually smooth and silky voice was gravely and unused. Looking up at him she begged the boy with her eyes to listen to her. She felt weak, and knew she wouldn’t be able to follow him if he left. So she did the only thing she could think of. She knelt down in the mud and placed her head on the ground, her arms in front of her, in a begging posture. “Please…”

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<p class="MsoNormal">During Alastor's ultimatum, the rain poured heavy over Alastor and Mai, watching her Alastor couldn't figure out why was Mai going through all this trouble. Yeah those days together were amazing finding someone who was just as lost in the world you live in, but after recent events Alastor cant..he won't give anyone the trust he gave Mai. She was his weakness, he allowed his guard to be down around her which is very dangerous for a shinobi man. But he couldn't stand watching her bow before him in the mud he didn't believe he was as worth the time and effort, but knowing he would regret his next words Alastor spoke. "My shed." Turning and walking inside his shed leaving the door open for Mai, once she entered she would notice the small den Alastor had created for himself a home away from home. Within the shed held a bed, two chairs and other home appliances, removing his wet jacket and placing it on his small heater with just his black tee Alastor sat down on his wooden chair looking over to Mai. "Why cant you just forget everything, Mai I've made up my mind." Alastor said referring her to Mai then the nickname he had given her it had seemed Alastor interactions with Mai where a bit colder than usual and more direct and to the point.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mai raised her head and hurried in side. Not having worn anything other than her usual turtleneck and black pants, she stood in a dipping mess. Not wanting to lose the chance to talk to him, she ignored the shivers that wanted to shake her body and sat down across from him in the other chair. When he asked why she couldn’t forget everything she answered from the bottom of her scarred heart, “Because you are important to me. I can’t forget the light you showed me.” For once she let every emotion show on her face. Continuing on she said, “Let me explain. I had no idea he was going to do that to you. I swear, I only brought you there to meet him. He asked me to, said he knew I had a friend and wanted to meet him. You have to believe me. I really had nothing to do with it. I didn’t tell him about you father either. I would never do that. Please believe me Alastor… I… I don’t want to lose you. I can’t” By the end of her speech she was crying, her green eyes spilling tears, but she refused to look away.

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<p class="MsoNormal">“Don’t worry Mai I believe you." Alastor said he reached in his drawer and handed her a towel to dry herself off and for her tears. He knew she wasn't lying about setting him up, one thing he knew Mai wasn't and one of them were being a liar. If she would've asked what's the issue between them Alastor would've paused looking around the room attempting to avoid eye contact, if she would've noticed he hadn't been looking into her eyes the whole time. "Look, Mai, when I'm with you I'm, not myself I allow my guard to be put down. If Kayuza was planning on killing me I would've been dead for. For believing, I was safe the truth is Mai. In order to be stronger, I must cut my old ties. My father died protecting people he loved, If I wasn't there he might of still been alive today. I made my father weak him always dropping his guard because I was to useless to do anything myself. I'm sorry but I've already made up my mind."

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mai’s eyes shined with hope when she heard he believed her, but that hope was quickly dashed. Taking the towel she used it to wipe her tears, and dry off as much as she could, hiding her face for several moments to compose herself. Nodding she looked down at her hands as she replied, “I feel safe around you too, Alastor. That is why I couldn’t stop looking for you. If you believe me, then that is enough. As for ties being a weakness, you are wrong.” She looked up at him now, a deep sadness in her forest green eyes. “Bonds are what allow us to live and fight to the best of our ability. They give us strength and power greater than our foes. Your father died with honor, because he had people he loved. He died, knowing he fought his hardest to protect you, his son. And thinking having bonds will make you weak, is disrespectful to your fathers memory. If you mean what you said about your mind being made up, then I will leave, and you won’t see me again. But if You have even the smallest doubt, then please let me stay with you, And let me be your strength, like you are mine. Please Alastor, don’t ask me to leave. I will if you ask, but please… please don’t make me break the only positive bond I have!”

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<p class="MsoNormal">"Just give up on me, It's the best thing I can tell you Mai. I'm sorry but I can’t anymore I can’t allow myself to become just a memory as my father I want to do better. My father died not knowing if I lived or died that day knowing that his own son was too weak to defend himself knowing that the one person he ever cared about watched him moved on to the next life. My father died because of me and I'll be damned if I allow the same thing happen twice." "Your the one who is wrong, bonds make you weak. Your proof of that. If it wasn't for you being there I could of taken Kayuza and never even entered his Genjustu it as was the mistake of trusting someone else other than myself, trusting you Mai was a mistake that I can never make again." Thunders roared above their heads as Alastor soon stood on his own two feet picking up his jacket that he had placed down aiming for the door his feet making a small pattern as Alastor walked. "Goodbye Mai." Alastor said attempting to turn the nod for himself.

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<p class="MsoNormal">She couldn’t believe it. He thought thrusting her was a mistake, he thought bonds made you weak. He thought she was weak. Mai’s eyes seemed to harden, going from their forest green to moss green. A dark and violent look entered those eyes, as she too stood. Walking in front of him, as if to leave, she stopped just a step in front of Alastor, her fists clenched and her body shaking. She knew she told him she would leave if he asked her to, but he hadn’t. He had been planning on leaving, and she was sick of being left alone. She was sick of being weak. Mai was fed up with this depressing shit spewing from her closest friend, from her light in the darkness. Growling she pivoted on her left foot and aimed a chakra covered right hook at the boy’s face. She then aimed a chakra covered kick at Alastor’s nose, if her punch had connected. If the first hit succeeded, his jaw would most likely end up dislocated. If the kick landed, his nose was sure to be broken. She would stand there watching him bleed as she said, “The weak one here is you. And I was foolish to think that you would listen. Have a nice life Alastor, I hope you find someone to become stronger for, and become someone your father would be proud of.” With that she would leave the shed and walk through the rain, her once ice cold expression crumbling in to one of sorrow and loss. She would keep walking, the rain soaking her once more, until she collapsed from exhaustion and hunger.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Taking the fatal punch Alastor held too much pride in him to attack Mai instead he allowed her to leave, a small bruise on his right cheek. Why did he matter so much to her why couldn't she let him go? All these thoughts ran through his head as thunder roared above them once more, as Mai opened the door the gust of wind began to take it's toll blowing wind within the small shed the wind was so fierce it caused Alastor to cover his face. But the moment she ran out Alastor who turned his back towards her heard a thumb quickly turning he noticed the worst. "MAI!" Alastor shouted watching her faint in front of his very eyes the rain pouring over her soaking her within seconds of being outside Alastor who came outside dropped down on one knee smacking the side of her face trying to wake her Alastor hair which was soaked covering his eyes. "Mai..Mai MAI wake up!" He shouted in the rain noticed this wasn't a game and she really needed his help, picking her up Alastor lifted her inside his Cabin laying her on his bed mud soon dripping on the floor as he wondered how was he going to handle this. "Fuck.. Mai! Wake up" He shouted grabbing his towel as he started to wipe off the rain and mud off her face, trying to warm her up as he attempted to remove her wet jacket.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mai was out cold, and her face was flushed with fever. In her dreams she heard Alastor calling her name so she turned towards the sound. They were in an endless grassy field, colorful flowers all around. Running up to him she gave him a worried expression. “What’s wrong?” she asked only to see him morph into her father and give her an evil grin. “Useless, you are useless and weak, your friend even said so. I always told you the truth, yet you left me for a village that will never understand you. Foolish, stupid girl. Did you really think he wanted you? Did you really think he was going to show you light? You are darkness, and will be darkness until you join me in hell.” Then he laughed, and laughed. She blinked and he was gone, just as quickly as he appeared. Opening her eyes she saw Alastor above her, his blurry image bringing a sad smile to her face. “I am useless… ha” She whispered as her coat was being removed. If he removed her shirt he would notice she had thinned since the last time he had seen her, and he would also see the many scars that were faint when they were at the river, but now stretched across her skin like a road map. Her belly and sides were barely skin now, the color having dulled to a grayish peach. Upon her back laid the worst scars. Now vibrant and puckered, due to her weight loss. Still wearing the sad smile, her green eyes seemed to fade to an almost brown color as she fell back in to the blackness of the fever.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Hearing her call herself useless Alastor signed out as he placed the wet towel against her forehead, he really did it this time he thought to himself. He eyed her scars slowly tracing his hands over them he knew each scar held a bad memory, what was he going to do with Mai he knew even with her promise she would always seek for him and watch him. Cupping her cheek with his hand he move each strand of her hair away from her face as he shook his head. "I'm the useless one Mai. I just wish you can open your eyes and see that." Alastor said knocking off her boots from getting mud on his bed he went and grab some blankets putting it over her as he smiled. Slowly making his way to the door Alastor would've pushed it open leaving Mai within the shed closing the door behind him, looking up into the black sky Alastor allowed the rain to touch him stretching his arms out as he was in the middle of the storm his teal eyes gazing above wonder he's next move what was Alastor going to do now?

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<p class="MsoNormal">Mai woke up hours later, her fever having gone down some. Opening her eyes she looked around, and tried to remember where she was. “I was fighting with Alastor, I was at his shed.” She thought as she turned her head to look for the boy. Not seeing him she frowned a little, curious as to why she was inside her room and not out in the mud where she had fell. Feeling weak she forced herself to sit up, then clutched the blankets to her chest. “Alastor? Why… Why am I here? I thought I was a weakness? So why did you save me?” She asked aloud to the empty room, her voice soft almost like a kittens purr.