Kite
“Try
again, Kite. You can do a lot better.” My brother, Ida said. I nodded my head. I
focused my energy on nailing my target. I hit it at that point.
“Did I
do well this time, brother?” I asked my brother, but he had already walked off.
I tried to hit the target five more times. I was dedicated to doing it perfect.
That’s how I got my nickname “Dedicated”. Everyone calls me that, but no one
really likes me. It’s all because of that thing. My father doesn’t even love
me. My brother barely pays attention, but he has to train me. I was kicked out
of school. The teachers were all scared of me.
I knew
that soon I would have to make a journey to another village. I had to
train everyday to improve my skills. My older brother was glaring heat at me.
He hated having to home school me for my skills. I just continued to practice.
I didn’t nail the target a couple of times, but I tried until I did. My brother
scoffed at me as I practiced. I wondered what I had done so wrong. I know he
hates me for mother leaving, but it was father’s fault. Father blamed me too.
“You
can stop now, brat.” Ida said to me. I looked at him and he was still glaring
at me. When he came closer he pushed me into the dirt and kicked me. Tears started
to stream down my face. I hated when he kicked me after practice. He did it
every day. It was probably because he wasted his time. After he left Father came
out. He looked at me and I tried to smile. He didn’t smile back he just looked
at me. I decided to make myself some lunch. While I walked past him he slapped
me hard on the back of the head.
“What
was that for, Father?” I asked trying not to cry. I knew I was a cry baby, but
I didn’t care. I just wanted to be accepted in my village. They didn’t even
make me protector after that. The creature inside me felt bad. It was more nurturing
than I thought it would be. It hated my father with a passion.
“You
are a terrible child. I wish I never had you. I wish I never put that beast
inside of you.” He said glaring coldly at me. The creature came out and pinned
my father to the ground. It was choking him.
“Don’t ever
put your hand on your child again, do I make myself clear?” The creature asked
my father. I tried to calm the creature down. It was like a mother too me, but
I didn’t know what to say. It took my hands from around my father’s neck. He
quickly nodded and walked away.
I just
walked around town after that. People were looking at me. They looked more
frightened of me than angry. I knew they hated me, but I didn’t know why. I
wasn’t the one that wanted to beast put inside of me. It was there doing. It
was my father and counsel’s doing. They wanted a protector, but they put the
beast inside of me. I just needed a friend. Some that could understand me for
me. I was yearning for a friend. I couldn’t do this alone anymore. What teen
could do this?
“Watch
where you’re going!” a woman screamed at me. I just looked down at the ground.
I ran to the park. Hopefully someone would play with me there. I knew that
would never come true. I decided to just do some practice on my other moves.
I did
what I needed to do to practice. My belly started to growl. I had completely
forgotten about lunch. I went home to start making myself something to eat. I
started to think about my eldest brother. He had gotten really sick and passed
away because of it. They never found out what was wrong. The creature thought
that my father had been poisoning him, but I didn’t think father would do that.
He loved my eldest brother. He also loved my mother who had phoned every once
in a while to see how everyone was doing. She asked me all the time how I was,
but I didn’t have an answer. I would just answer well…when I knew I was in pain
here. I just couldn’t tell mother I was in pain….
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