Crimson Soldier||Raphael Hamato x Reader

🏮15: KARAI'S VENDETTA

Y/n (pov)

I remember the days when my mother used to wake beside me. Her  sweet voice was heaven on earth. I can't imagine a world without her unwavering light. Yet here I am fighting the darkness she used to exterminate for my own happiness.

It was late at night when my mind decided to play tricks on me. The fact that Shredder said I'd never see my mother again. Scared me to death, how could a ninja be a killer with no morals? Getting up my bed I scanned the room for my mother. It's always the same thing over and over again.

She wasn't here...has not been here for a while. My heart isn't used to this kind of pain. Ever since my mission to find her started. This horrible guilt began tormenting me every passing day. I am glad I found Raphael and the gang. Without them I'd go crazy, more crazy than this.

After taking a sip of my water bottle I decided to lay on my mother's futon. Smelling the japanese cherry blossom scent from it relaxed me. I've always been a "mama's girl" having no paternal figure some times hurt but my mom always tried to fill in the blank. Snippets of my childhood consisted with me yearning for her to rest. Knowing how she'd always push herself to be a wonderful mother.

My eyes clouded with crystal clear tears, my mother endured anything in order for me to be content with life. That's why I have always listened to whatever she said. Sure sometimes I'd question her but isn't that what all teenagers do? But I hope she understood that...me wanting to have a normal life. Wasn't because I hated being a kunoichi...it was way deeper than that.

The wanting to see her genuinely happy and not be conformed with just anything. A woman like her deserves the world, hell she deserves the entire universe. When I find her I promise to always be there. Time without my loving mother feels like an eternity.

Tossing and turning on the futon I decided to play an old tape my mother gave to me on one of my birthdays. My radio was near all of her living space. Yeah, I had my phone but nothing compares with good vintage. Pressing the play button I lowered the volume fearing I could wake everyone up. The melody played was a song composed by my mother.

(Song above)

"Hoshi ni yuki ni kioku ni
Kimi no ashiato sagasu
Douka towa no yasuragi
Koko wa yume no tochuu de
(I search for your footprints in the stars, in the snow, and in my memories
I wish for eternal peace
This place is in the middle of a dream)

The nostalgia was kicking in again. The vivid picture of her singing me to sleep whenever I had nightmares replayed in my mind. Her velvety voice would always make me feel as if an angelic presence was in the room. My eyes began to water knowing the meaning of the song.

Third person (pov)

As the music rang in the young girl's room. The turtles could listen due to how keen their ninja ears worked. Splinter could understand every word, the voice of Y/n's mom sounded full of love for her daughter. It was strange for the boys, as they didn't have a mother. But all they could do is listen to the song and it's meaning.

Osanai tsubasa de sakamichi kaketeku
Michi kara hagurete kono me o tojiteku
(I run up a hill with my young wings
When I stray from my path, I close my eyes)

Hoshi ni yuki ni kioku ni
Kimi no ashiato sagasu
Douka towa no yasuragi
Koko wa yume no tochuu de
(I search for your footprints in the stars, in the snow, and in my memories
I wish for eternal peace
This place is in the middle of a dream)

Itsuka subete modorite
Sora no hate hitorikiri
Anata ga matsu yasuragi
Hikari no ato nokoshite
At the end of the sky, where everything will return someday
You await peace all by yourself, leaving behind traces of light