Shiva was unconscious as he was supported by old banyan tree.
White tiger's eyes were filled with deep emotions as he looked at the teenage boy.
He was the same tiger that was spared by Shiva at the age of five.
When he was born he was different than the pack so he was abandoned , Even his parents abandoned him and he was left alone in the forest. But he was born with intelligence, a beast that can understand and had emotions. His life changed after the encounter 5 year ago. As he met the eyes of Shiva at that time , A change happened and his intelligence eyes could only see the compassion in Shiva's eye. When he went back to forest a dramatic change happened to his body , his body grew at alarming rate and his power increased exponentially. No one could mess with him now and even his previous pack and his parents acknowledged him as the leader. But he left the pack and lived alone waiting to see the boy again.
There was deep veneration in white tiger's eyes as he looked at the teenage boy. A little act of compassion had saved Shiva's life and his being alive could even save millions more as no one knew the destiny and the journey that he will have to tread in the future.
White tiger roared and all the beasts in the surrounding scattered away. Then he lied down beside Shiva acting as his protector.
As Shiva was unconscious , a change was happening in his body. His muscle were breaking and reforming making them flexible as well as tough and a bluish light covered is whole body that couldn't be seen with the naked eyes. His mental capacity was also increasing at alarming rate. And his soul had turned slight blue as it had just awakened from deep slumber but was just at beginning level. His body, mind and soul had reached the limit of a mortals. Even though he was just a teenage boy he could measure up to the great grandmaster from the peak dynasties.
After the change finished he was still sleeping. Shiva opened his eyes on third day. Even though his potential power has increased he was exhausted. He hadn't eaten anything from past three days. His eyes were shrunken and lips were cracked, there was weakness all over the body.
As he opened his eyes he first glanced at the rotten corpse of Master Leylin, then at the the rotten corpse of black tiger, in the end he looked towards the White tiger. His eyes didn't linger on each of them more than two seconds and then he crossed his leg and sat down closing his eyes again.
He felt exhausted, he felt helpless, he felt weak, he thought "I have lost it all, my family is dead, Vajra died in battlefield, leylin died protecting him. I don't have a purpose to live anymore."
He thought about the countless deaths that the war had brought. Each life lost was playing in mind. He sat there motionless , his eyes closed for another two days. He looked emaciated , his cheeks had shrunken.
The horror of war was playing in his mind and he lost his reason to live and he thought he will just die sitting here, atleast he had Someone by his side , the white tiger. White tiger's eyes were filled with worry and he also didn't eat anything and in his heart he had decided to take shiva as his master and if shiva dies then he will die too.
There were no words said ,but pure emotions between a teenage boy and a tiger had crossed the boundaries of species. This was pure devotion.
Whole forest was silent for these five days and the condition of shiva and tiger had also affected surrounding animals and bird. Even if they had no intelligence , but they had emotions. Many birds came and sat down on the banyan tree. Small and big animals surrounded the shiva and tiger as they sat down in circle. They were also immersed in the mysterious state of why to live anymore. They also felt emotion of loss, sorrow,helplessness,and in the end they felt devotion. It came from their soul and heart.