6 Escape and Loss

5 Days later

*Asura's POV*

It's been quite a few days and I feel like I can't even breathe freely. I know that any day we might have to run for our lives from this place.

The only thing keeping me from going full on panic mode is Inosuke's smile and mother's songs.

I'm still very sad and depressed that I can't save her but I have to accept it. As much as I hate to admit it but I'm weak as fuck right now.

All in all I'm incredibly depressed right now just thinking about how Inosuke will interpret all of this.

In the original timeline he didn't have anyone to ask about his parents but this time I'm gonna be there with him. And there's no way in the 9 levels of hell I am lying to him.

If he asks me about it I'll tell him the truth without sugarcoating it, even about my reincarnation. Someone else might think it is stupid of me and I know that maybe it is but still I take Inosuke as family and I'm not gonna lie to him.

He's already going to lose his mother and I can't be heartless enough to lie to him about it. If he decides to leave me after that I'll accept it, but I'll never stop looking out for him.

2 Days later

Midnight

And here it is. Mother comes barging into our room and picks us up, wraps us in a single blanket and just runs without looking back.

I could feel Inosuke huddling together with me while hugging me. He seems worried and has his eyebrows scrunched together.

" I'm sorry for being so stupid. Please forgive me."

That's all mother kept saying again and again while holding us close. She kept cursing herself for being stupid and how horrible of a mother she is for not even being able to take care of her children.

I knew it wasn't her fault, I knew that she just wants me and Inosuke to be safe. It was all that psychotic Douma's fault.

Through a little gap in the blanket I could look outside a little.

And that's when I saw him. Douma, that crazy asshole was literally walking through the forest like he was taking a stroll through the park. His bright smile and flashy clothes being a sharp contrast to the dark and deathly forest around us.

' You fucking son of a bitch I'm gonna rip your body to shreds'

I knew he was toying with us, he felt like he was the god of this forest.

10 minutes later

Mother came at edge of a cliff while running. She knew that Douma was close by.

She looked at her children and just smiled at them warmly.

"Grow up strong both of you. And take care of each other"

And after that she threw both me and Inosuke off the cliff. Douma came up behind her and slashed her chest in half.

I had imagined many times how I'll react to this when it happens, I mean I had seen my own legs being crushed and had even died once.

But the only emotion I felt right now was pure and utter hatred towards the being that was biting into my mother's neck while smiling like he was just a child biting into his favourite food.

It all happened in an instant but for me it was like an eternity watching as I again lost someone who loved me and who was close to my heart.

It may not have been a long time since I came into this world but I can say that the pure love and happiness I felt around mother was something I never experienced.

Even in my previous lifetime the only time I felt something even remotely similar to those feelings was when my grandparents from my previous life were with me.

Then the blanket which contained me and Inosuke hit the river. Even though cold water was being splashed on my face from the river I could clearly feel the tears coming out of my eyes.

I knew that Douma was extremely angry right now. He had a god complex in this forest, he had thought that despite wherever we ran the last destination our body will find will be his stomach.

But now because of our mother he had lost an entire appetizer and sweet to his main dish.

The last thing I could think of before going unconscious was that I'll protect Inosuke with my very being. I hugged Inosuke closer to me and fell unconscious.

12 Hours later

'Are those Wisteria flowers?'