@stormfated said: ‘ i had a question for you captain. you may think it a useless
one but I have to ask... what keeps your spirit strong? ------ why do you fight? ‘
I nquiry pose withheld the capability of transferring the adolescent’s consciousness onto narratives of the past --- of memories throbbing with aching realities --- he promptly perceives himself at his grandmother’s forefront with knees bent and knuckles laid bare ‘pon splitting wood - Naught but a slight diminutive child with abnormal powers, wintry Reiatsu stirred in fervent calibers, potent enough to influence the air’s climate at night - to subdue the heat of sheets to the extent the elderly women adjacent of he could not sustain. Trembling excessively whilst hurdling her entirety. She was aware that he had been the cause of her sickness - of her deathly cold repose and yet still - she forgave -she adored. Reassured that all was well, he ought not be so dolorous. A benign, caring, palm rests atop his mane, and she tells him to leave. To pursue his own path ... enticing innumerable tears. Heavy sobs at the unfairness of this so-called life. Sans her guidance, where would he be this very present day?
Would she still be alive amidst this stagnant village?
or would she have died by his ever-growing presence?
Everything then goes tentatively black in the similarity of a starless twilight sky. Voided of beautifying portraitures - the atmosphere contorts into stifling frigidity. His heart skips a palpitating beat whilst his breath hitches. He is then relocated, offhandedly so, into his office, seating on the furniture aside Hinamori whilst fronting his semi-plastered lieutenant. They were conversing amongst themselves, laughing gratifyingly, irradiating the expanse with blazing warmth and familiarity. He smiles, it is crafted with utmost authenticity, a seldom occurrence. These robust women have undergone through hellfire and back multifarious of times and yet, still, they persevered with confident strides; it's intoxicating, he thinks, as they perpetually reminded him that there’s everlasting light within all forms of darkness.
Remember Hitsugaya, Remember. Self-centered Men, traitorous louts warranting naught but insufferable agony, have once endeavored to purloin him of this embracing light - of its affections, reverence, and fellowship. Since those disquieting days, he’s trained vigorously. Endlessly in forsaken caves, beating skin and crushing bones. He will not provide infliction the opening to remotely touch them anew. Never again. - Surplus Heartbeat. He exhales. Piercing eyes forthwith aligned ‘pon Deiru’s mien. Lips quirking ‘fore they partitioned with an answer. “ Others. “ he muses out loud. Uncaring of who hearkens. “ They are the imperative backbone of my strength. - My motives to keep battling. To keep moving forward. To protect those who keep me strong ... Is the reason I wield my blade. “ curt suspension of utterance ensues.
“ What about yourself? --- Why do you fight? “