#ohko

Tsuki sensed young Okho's anger at the sudden burst of his cosmos, and knew he was most likely going to take it out on the kids in the surrounding villages. It always ended that way, because it was perhaps the only way, for an impetuous child who believed only in violence. But Tsuki knew she had to try and stop him, to talk to him and prevent him from losing the opportunity to get the dragon armor. She took just a moment to close her eyes and spot his cosmos, roaring like an angry tiger. Using all the psychic strength she could muster in her spirit form, Tsuki teleported to a path she knew Okho would take to the surrounding villages. She didn't have to wait long to see the young boy arrive, tears of frustration filling his dark eyes. Tsuki walked calmly along the rocky path, her voice softer than a late afternoon breeze:

"Okho.... tell me what happened, before you go and fight. "

"You really think you're going to stop me? You're just a spirit! "

"Okho......"

Tsuki's tone grew slightly more impatient, the young boy having struck a chord. However, Okho's arrogant air didn't go away, the apprentice smiling confidently.

"You can't stop me from going off and beating these idiots, because I've become stronger than you! "

Tsuki didn't reply, letting him sink into his delusions of childish glory. You couldn't force a mule to change his mind, you could only stop him. Okho stuck his tongue out at Tsuki before dashing off, ready for a fight, when he came up against an invisible wall. The boy fell to the ground, landing sitting on the dirt, as Tsuki crouched beside him to declare:

"I still master telekinesis, Okho . I fought Hades himself, you know? "

The second sentence immediately captivated Okho, who scrambled to his feet, his thoughts of violence forgotten for the moment. He was still a child, after all, fascinated by the legends of heroes and heroines. 

"Did you have a master,Tsuki ? Better than the old master?"

"Well....I don't know your master personally, but the Knight of Virgo trained me. His name was Asmita. I think he traumatized me a bit, but we understood each other on a certain mental level. He still has my respect and affection, and I hope that training me was a pleasant task".

The child and the ghost had started walking, the resemblance between them almost touching. An older sister and her younger brother. An attacker and his defender. A warrior and his protector. 

But Tsuki couldn't help noticing the still vexed look on Okho's face, and knew she had to distract him a little longer before he'd open up completely about what was so irritating him. 

"Okho? Can I nickname you my impatient little tiger?"

"I'm not little but okay....you'll call me a big tiger when I'm stronger than Shiryu okay?

Tsuki smiled in response, her hand running through her hair, but Okho wasn't finished with her questions.

"You often tell me that you knew someone with a name similar to mine. Did you call him my impatient little tiger too?

Tsuki stopped dead in her tracks, her eyes widening as her cheeks took on a lovely crimson hue.

"Of course not! I mean....no . Would you call Shunrei your pretty little flower?"

It was Okho's turn to turn red, the little boy looking at Tsuki with a strangely offended expression, which she returned. 

"I would never call Shunrei that! She's just a.... friend! I don't like her like that! "

"Okho , I lied for 250 years, I know lies when I hear them "

"If all you do is lie, that's why you say the person who almost had my name was just a comrade to you! "

The two look at each other before bursting into laughter, the sound startling a flock of swallows resting there.

When they finally calmed down, Tsuki took on a softer expression, kneeling down to Okho's level. 

"Now, tell me why you were so upset."

"It's because....the old master prefers Shiryu and that's unfair! Shiryu never dares to face me! "

A mixture of tenderness and sorrow filled Tsuki's eyes, as she placed her translucent hand on Okho's . 

"Use your violence with a purpose Ohko . Accompany it with precision, wisdom and determination. Hit hard at a precise spot, use your frustration at the right moment and learn to contain it, and never stop training, okay? "

The young boy looked at her with almost recalcitrant

 respect, before quickly looking away. He didn't really know how to give gratitude. 

"I've got to go..... to train . "

"I understand Okho . Remember, you're still my favorite, my impatient little tiger "

"Don't take it to heart but thank you.... Tsutsu....I mean...Tsuki "

When Okho quickly left, he didn't see Tsuki's touched and amused expression. 

(i need to train myself to write romantical stuff so if anybody have in ideas with one of my oc, i take it ! )

Dedicated to @little-miss-of-the-sky who keeps asking for my opinion lol

Okay first, the hill I’ll die on is that Dohko jinxed everything about Ohko because of how he reminded him of himself. Whether it’s physically or from their story, they have a lot of similarities.

(The meta theory could be that Ohko was a proto young Dohko, but that means making assumptions on wether or not Kurumada already knew what he would do with Dohko and I personally do not have enough information to confirm or infirm this theory)

Their symbolism is also the same, a Tiger.

From a story perspective, they both lost their loved ones (Ohko had his family killed in front of him; Dohko lost most of his friends, the other Golds, in the last Holy War and Shion was murdered quite recently) tragically.

We know how Ohko reacted; an obsession with becoming stronger, to survive. He was barely 5. When he trained for the Cloth, he thought the “pacific” training of Dohko was not efficient. He wanted to prove that he was strong, and considered in situations fighting better.

What we don’t know, is how 18/19 years old Dohko reacted. We go from the Happening (whether it’s The Lost Canvas or Next Dimension) to 2centuries and half later. It is not really referenced in Hades how he handled his grief. Even though he still had Shion, he did become an ermit anyway (which is shown by most of the Golds knowing him more as the Old Master in the Five Peaks, or his absence at Athena’s presentation to the Golds). Which shows he still wasn’t handling things very well 250 years later.

So we basically have a very old man seeing a very young boy, who’s practically his carbon copy, going through the same incredible grief as him and being shit at handling it. And I do think it majorly impacted their interactions.

Ohko don’t think Dohko can understand what he’s been through, and had no reason to think it- he’s 7 and think his Master prefers Shiryu! And that’s quite an understandable conclusion: Dohko recognizes his strength and see himself in him so he probably had more expectations of him, plus it’s easier to talk normally to someone that doesn’t constantly remind you of a “terrible” part of yourself and your past. Ohko’s violence was just a reaction of frustration, a desire to prove himself worthy, and also fear. When Dohko discarded him, it just comforted him in the idea that the old man didn’t understand him and was biased. When he discarded him, Ohko also discarded him as a “master” and more as someone whose opinion mattered only to prove to him wrong.

Feels worth noting that he didn’t really resent Shiryu. A minimum, as it was unfair to him, but not on a personal level that didn’t went away with time and never enough to want revenge other than as a warrior. If he really hated Shiryu he would have killed him on their first reunion, but he wanted a fair and square match as a valued opponent. Beating Shiryu mattered less as a revenge on the boy himself than a revenge on Dohko, to prove him he was worthy and he made a mistake.

And I think Dohko on the other hand, might have forgotten what it’s really like to be a young, freshly grieving boy… because it’s been more than 200 years. Not in a “went better with time” kind of way but in “aged like fucked up wine” kinda way. Like I can’t even fathom how many new steps of grief this guy went through. And also… lassitude. It didn’t get better, he just got sorta used to live with this, empty. Even if he ever did get angry and stuffs, that was so long ago! It’s useless now, forgetting how long it must really have taken him… because it was barely a drop of time in his life.

Which leads me to: Dohko expected Ohko to “suck it up” because he is just like him, with no regard for what that kid actually *needs*. And what Ohko needed was support, reassurance, validation. “You have the right to be angry” not a cold looking-disappointed silence. And for someone left by himself at 7 with a baggage of trauma bigger than him, Ohko turned out surprisingly good. He saved Shunreï which could mean three things: 1) he just saved her because she was a random someone in danger 2) he saved her because he remember fondly of Shunreï and/or 3) he really didn’t want to hurt the Old Master in other way than proving him wrong.

from wildman cryptid Ohko the tiger man i drew for @saintseiya-zone zine (feat blurry shunrei<3)

👉LINK👈 to the ssz post where you can find the zine file and check other works (you can also see it in my previous reblog)

❗👁‍🗨see closeups and a little comments below, under the 'keep reading' thing (i seem to like this feature a lot lol) i have once again added a few subtle things for attentive eyes to notice