Chapter 14: A Mother's Love
"What? You brat, you dare to call me hesitant? I think you're looking for a beating, aren't you?" Kushina said to Orion, slightly angered.
After speaking, she reached out her small, fair hand, pinched my ear, and it wasn't just a simple pinch—she gave it a full one-hundred-and-eighty-degree rotation, twisting it around and around.
When Orion saw his mother Kushina's slender little hand, his first instinct was to dodge. But when he tried to, he found that there was nowhere to run.
That hand seemed to have pinned his entire body in place. He couldn't dodge at all. Moreover, a feeling arose in his heart that no matter how he tried to dodge, he wouldn't be able to escape. This feeling was very uncomfortable. If this were on a battlefield, Orion would have kicked the bucket right then and there.
But this wasn't a battlefield; this was home. And across from him was his dearest mother, Kushina. There was no danger at all, so he didn't feel a shred of fear in his heart. It was just that his ear hurt a little.
Before long, Orion's ear became noticeably red. This redness was from his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, pinching it. At this moment, Orion immediately cried out.
"Ah! It hurts, it hurts! Mom, be gentler, gentler! It really hurts!" Orion said loudly to his mother, Kushina.
Kushina had been pinching with gusto, but seeing her son crying out in pain in front of her, she also felt a pang of sympathy. This was only natural. Orion was the child she had painstakingly given birth to after ten months of pregnancy. You could say Orion was a piece of her own flesh. So, when Orion cried out in pain, she also felt some of his pain.
But sympathy was sympathy; the authority of a mother could not be weakened. She could only pretend to be very fierce and say to Orion, "Oh, so you can feel pain, can you, brat! If I don't teach you a good lesson today, you won't know how formidable I, your mother, am."
"That'll teach you to tease me and call me hesitant. Do you still dare to tease me now? Do you still dare to call your mom hesitant?" After speaking, Kushina Uzumaki shot her son, Orion, a harsh glare.
However, Kushina might have thought this action was very fierce, but in Orion's eyes, it was actually very cute and charming. It was no wonder his father, Minato Namikaze, liked his mother, Kushina Uzumaki.
"Mom, Mom, my good Mom, you're my good Mom! It's my fault, all my fault. I'll never dare to tease you again. I'll never dare to call you hesitant again, never again."
"Mom, for my sake, as your son, please let me off the hook this once! I promise I'll be good from now on. I promise I'll never make you angry again. How about that?" Orion said quickly, his tone a little anxious.
But this also showed that Orion was indeed in some pain from the pinching. Right now, his ear looked bright red, as vivid as if it had been dyed with a layer of fresh blood.
In truth, Kushina Uzumaki had long felt sorry for her son. Seeing his bright red ear, her own heart began to ache a little. She just needed a way to step down while maintaining her motherly authority.
Now, Orion had given her that opportunity. Kushina could gracefully accept the way out Orion had provided, so she let go of me.
After letting go of Orion, Kushina looked at my red ear, her eyes filled with sympathy. She reached out her hand again, extending it towards my ear.
Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief that his mother had let go of his ear, Orion suddenly saw his mother, Kushina, reaching out that small hand again, heading for his ear.
This scared him so much that he could only try to dodge in a panic.
His mother, Kushina Uzumaki, saw my attempt to dodge, and so she said to me softly, "Don't move!"
Hearing my mother's words, I froze for a moment and stopped dodging. In front of me was my mother, Kushina Uzumaki. What was I afraid of? What else did I need to be afraid of?
Soon, Mother Kushina's hand reached the vicinity of my ear. She just gently rubbed my ear and didn't pinch it forcefully again.
My mother's hand rubbed gently, feeling very comfortable. At this moment, I could feel my mother's love for me. This love radiated thickly in the air. It was as if even the pain in my ear had disappeared. I couldn't feel any pain now; it was completely gone.
However, what Mother Kushina said next made Orion's face darken, and he felt an endless sense of helplessness.
I watched as my mother, Kushina, rubbed my ear and said to me, "Ori, look how careless you are. I made your ear all red. Does it hurt a lot?"
"Wh-what? What do you mean I was careless? My ear is clearly red because you pinched it, and now you're going to blame it on me being careless?" Upon hearing what his mother had just said, Orion was stunned.
But these were words he could only think secretly in his heart. In reality, Orion didn't dare to say them, because he was afraid that if he spoke these thoughts out loud, he would be harshly taught a lesson by his mother again.
The recent event served as a constant reminder, making my mouth much more secure.
Just now, I had only said that my mother was being hesitant. For just that one sentence, I was given a harsh lesson by my mother. If I were to say what was on my mind now, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to escape another beating.
A lot of things went through his mind, but in reality, it was only an instant. Soon, Orion came back to his senses and replied to his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, "Mom, it doesn't hurt anymore. It doesn't hurt at all. After you rubbed my ear, it stopped hurting completely. Really."
"Really? It really doesn't hurt at all?" Mother Kushina seemed a bit unconvinced and confirmed with Orion again.
"It doesn't hurt! Really, not at all! Besides, you weren't even using much force just now, Mom. How can a big man like me be afraid of a tiny little bit of pain?" Orion quickly replied to his mother.
"You, a big man? You're just a four-year-old little boy, and you're calling yourself a big man," Mother Kushina said with a laugh.
His mother's attention was quickly diverted by Orion, and she no longer focused on the previous matter.
"Oh, right. Ori, what did we come to the study for? I can't seem to remember." After speaking, her mother placed a finger on her chin and thought for a moment.
She can't remember? Orion broke into a sweat. She forgot after just a short while? What am I supposed to say about you, Mom? Are you too silly or too cute? Forget it, I'll just say it.
So, Orion looked up and said to his mother, "Mom, we came to the study to get some ninjutsu and taijutsu scrolls. I want to train in ninjutsu and taijutsu because I think it's time I started practicing them."
"Oh, right! That's what you said, Ori. Let me see where the ninjutsu and taijutsu scrolls you need are."
As Kushina spoke, she looked at the bookshelves filled with many scrolls. Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
(End of this chapter)