As I basked the warm feeling of Mikumo, no, mom hug, I realized that this is true in real life and not a comic that inspired me. And that there are some differences between my current world and the original.
Kushinada Mikumo is the prime example of one of the differences that occurred because of my existence.
In the original work, kushinada mikumo is described as cold blood woman who does aah as she likes, and has shown no care to other people. Even toward her adopted daughter, Kushinada Chikage. It is proven by how she tried to brainwash Chikage into a mindless killer and as someone that will be ready to fulfil every single wimp that mikumo wants.
But this Mikumo is different. I can feel from her gentle hug that she genuinely care and love me.
So both Mother and Son basked in a warm hug for quite some time. Grandpa and dad (?) looked at us warmly, though there is still a trace of complicated and worry at father expression.
After satisfied with the warm feeling, I can not hold my back anymore to ask some question
"Mom, please don't leave me anymore, even if you want to go somewhere, can I go with you?" Asked me. (What? Genji is too clingy? despite his mental age, he is after all a child that wishes to have a warm family. So give him a few years to be clingy to mikumo, after that he will be not clingy anymore. Weeelll will still be a bit clingy and overprotective toward mikumo, despite her strength, but he will not be as clingy as now. Besides this is my story, so sue me!)
"I won't leave you anymore son. I promise you that. For now, I plan to teach you the jiujitsu kushinada style. Until you mastered the basic style of jiujitsu kushinada and are capable to utilize both tempest and jiujitsu kushinada style proficiently in the battle, we will stay here. After that, you and I will travel together so you can gain real-life experience and at the same time, we will have mother-son bonding time!" Answer her, as she smiled gently at me. I feel elated after knowing that. But, there are still some questions I need to ask!
"Mom, can I ask some questions?" I asked her
"Go on son, you can ask mother anything!" answer her, as she puffed her chest
"Why did you leave? Why didn't you stay with me?" Asked me. This is one of the questions I want to know the answer to the most
"Well, I have a lot of enemies, and if they know that I have a child, they surely will target you and might even use you to defeat me. So I cannot risk it. I know it's hurt for you not to be able to stay with me, but your safety is my priority. It's also hurtful for me to not see you growing up myself. I also cannot risk bringing you with me unless you have a means of protection. So that is why I leave you here so you can learn how to protect yourself. Now that most of my enemies have been taken care of, and you already started your training, we have a lot more time to spend together child. And as I promised earlier, we will travel together after you finished the training plan I made for you" Explained her.
That is reasonable I guess. Every master level has at least one or two enemies. And Mikumo, as someone that came from an old family, added that she is old and a grandmaster at the same time, definitely has a lot of enemies. Sakaki shio, in the original works, states that he has at the very least around 50 rivals besides Hongo. He viewed these 50 rivals of him as rivals, but that doesn't mean that these 50 people viewed him as rivals as well. Some of them saw him as the enemy.
Now, I need to know the relationship between the tempest clan and her
"Mom, why does dad have a complicated expression on his face when he saw you? Is he not my real father?" I asked.
Suddenly there is an awkward silence in the room.
"Pfft. Hahaahahhaahhaa" suddenly grandpa and mom laughed so hard, and father has an embarrassed face
"No no, he is your father alright. I and he did indeed have s*x. A one night stand to be exact. Your father was so in love with me back then, that he chased me and propose to me every time we met. But, he doesn't know my real age at that time. So after so many times he chase and propose to me, I made a bet with him. If he managed to land 3 good hits to me, I will let him have a one night stand with me. And he won, we did the deeds. When he knows my real ages, he was so shocked that he stayed at the same spot for three days until your grandpa came to get him" answered her.
( A/n: Don't ask why they are talking about it to a 5 years old child. Just leave it to the strangeness of the world)
After I got my answer, I sigh with relief about that. But at the same time, I felt complicated. Because I was born because of a bet and a one night stand.
Seeing my complicated expression, mom said "Child, I did indeed not plan to have children. But after 9 months of carrying you inside my belly, and when I saw you the first time, I truly am for the first time in my life in love with someone. I am still not in love with your father, but I truly care and love you as my child. Please remember that"
She then gently hug me again, and I hug her back and nodded slowly. I will cherish her.
But the father is a bit pitiful I guess? He loved mom, and he indeed managed to bang her. But unfortunately, it is just a one night stand. Whatever that is his problem.
"growllll". My stomach grumbles from hunger. I am hungry, so what? I'm a growing child after all.
"Hahaha someone is hungry, come on gen, let's eat," Grandpa said to me
"Okay, grandpa!" I replied
"You too kushinada. You might not be married into the tempest clan, but you are still the mother of my grandson, so that still counted you as a member of the family. So welcome to the family kushinada" Grandpa said to mom
"Yes sir, come on Genji let mother pampered you, and feed you myself." Gently mom replied grandpa as she smiled warmly at me and patted my head. I'm embarrassed by what she said, but I just nodded shyly, to show that I agree to be pampered by her.
"Grandpa, what about uncle and his family?" I asked him. I almost forgot about him. Tehe~~
"Naah, no need. He and his family are on a family vacation. Let them enjoy themselves" Hoo... So they truly are on vacation. Why didn't they say anything to me? Hmm... Nah, not important to know.
As my mother feed me, I'm truly feeling blessed and cannot wait for the future. My blissful future to laze around, with mother and maybe a wife and children of my own (Father, sorry, but you are forgotten by me hehe).
Parents have the right to worry about their children. If your parents worry about you. If they worry about you, it means that they truly care about you. Please Cherish that, because many children in the world didn't have the luxury of parents love and care