On the outskirts of the wild lays a small village where hunting is the main source and family is above all else. The village is surrounded by massive trees many wild beasts and a lake, on the eve of a new year in the house of the patriarch small whimpers can be heard
“push mistress almost there, you can do it”
after a few more pushes the strong wails of a baby can be heard
“hahahaha a young master is born mistress master you have a new boy”
“hahaha a new son what shall we call him, hmm Hiro my sons name shall be Hiro I hope he grows up to be a strong man, everyone we have a son and his name is hiro”
as Hiroshi held his son in the air for the village to see, celebrations could be heard all through the village.
“Hiroki Hira Hino come greet your little brother “
“ohhh what a little cutie so fat an look at them eyes so fierce yet adorable hahaha lil Hiro I’ll look after you don’t worry” Hira said,
“ haha lil brother my name is Hiroki I’m your big brother I’ll be looking after you And your sisters from now on” waaaahhhh
“shush Hiroki look what you did now come on don’t cry lil one I’ll make sure he doesn’t bother you anymore” Hino said.
“OK OK that’s enough for tonight let lil Hiro sleep” Hisae said,
“night night lil Hiro don’t let the wolves bite”
“Hiroki don’t say that to him hahaha get out of here, lil Hiro I’m your mother Hisae an this is your father Hiroshi he may look big an scary now but inside he’s a little softie,”
“hush now Hisae it’s not like he can understand you anyway he was just born”
"I know that but look at them eyes so fierce and piercing like a wild beasts, must take after his father”
“ hahaha of Course he will he’ll be a great man indeed”.
6 months after Hiro was born he was sitting in his yard watching his father and siblings train, as he sat there trying to emulate the moves his mother called out to him as he looked at her
“ Hiro what are you doing out here how many times have I told you not to bother your brother and sisters while they train”
“waaaaa”
“now stop that I know you’re faking it so that’s not gonna work on me mister now let’s go see what the neighbours are doing”,
He looked at her sideways as if saying how you know I’m faking it seeing that look as if she knew what he was thinking,
“of course I know I’m your mother I gave you life now let’s go get some meat they’ll be hungry once they’re done an it’s our job to feed them”
after struggling for awhile Hiro finally gave up an went with his mother willingly, as they shopped around the villagers were very friendly
“mistress young master how can we help”
“oh you know my husband is training as usual and you know how he gets I need meat and lots of it”,
“of course mistress on our way”
two servants went to get their order,
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“so mistress have you heard the rumours lately that the merchants have been saying”
“no I have not what have they been saying,”
“ they say that not to far from the village is a pack of wolves an not just any old wolves either storm wolves they say as big as a horse and the leader of the pack is twice the size of all of them if the mistresses husband goes out to hunt please be sure to tell him to be careful”
“ I will tell him and thank you for that I hope they’re just rumours and nothing else”
I hope so to the clerk replied as they left she held Hiro in her arms
“hiro i hope you never encounter any beasts when you grow up they may help us to survive daily with the meat they provide but they also destroy as much lives so if you cross paths with any beasts just run an never look back”
seeing him look at her she knew he understood her, they made there way back to their home the others were still hard out training so she called out dinner will be ready soon wash up before you come into the house, OK shouts were her reply, lil Hiro was laying down on a bear rug , the rug was the size of 3 men high and 4 men wide Hiroshi had hunted it back in his prime with his own hands, he was walking through this small village when the bear attacked it he took the bear down so the villages rewarded him the patriarchs position he was gonna turn it down till he saw the former patriarchs daughter long black hair pale skin piercing jade eyes it was love at first sight. Hiro loved to lay on this bear and pretend it was his mount only villages who past their coming of age ceremony were aloud mounts his father brother and sister had mounts his mother had a mount but it died protecting her when the bear attacked. His father’s mount was the cub of the bear he killed it was the same size as the one on the ground his name was lil claw, Hiro didn’t understand why his father still called him lil claw when it was 3 times the size of him, all he said was you’ll understand when you get a mount of your own. His brothers mount was the cub of lil claw he was called big foot he was half the size of lil claw but looked exactly like his father, Hino’s mount was a neko she was pure white and the size of a horse when Hino rode on her she looked like a goddess all the villages worshipped the ground she walked on her name was snow, Hira’s coming of age ceremony hasn’t come yet she had to wait 3 more years till she turned 12 Hiroki was 20 Hino was 16. When Hiro was 3 months old he crawled away from his babysitter and ended up in the mounts pen, everyone was looking high and low for him but they couldn’t find him one of the attendees found Hiro but when she walked into the pen all she saw was lil claw big foot and snow towering over the lil baby she screamed like a banshee and passed out. The family came running over an what they saw shocked them, a 3 month old baby an 3 beasts staring eye 2 eye, from others perspective it looked like 3 beasts were about to have a feast Hiro sat there giggling trying to Palm the beasts
“gahahaha my son is going to be a real strong man look at him not afraid of anything other kids his age would pass out from fright and some might even die hahaha a real man”
from that day on when ever he went outside the mounts would surround and protect him an let him ride them which is weird because normally others mounts would not let others ride them even lil claw would not let anyone other than Hiroshi ride him not even Hisae. Snow loved Hiro she would purr and lick the lil one with all her might big foot would sit there an roar trying to scare the little one, he would sit there giggle then roar back thinking it was a game. Dinner was served it had many different kinds of meat and veggies. The family said there graces then ate like ravenous dogs outsiders might think this is strange but within this village if your household wasn’t eating like this you were the one getting looked at strangely.
Hisae put Hiro to bed while the others cleaned up the dishes Hiroshi kissed his family goodbye then went out for night patrol Hiroki wanted to go as well but his father told him he had to wait a year then he could take his own squad out. Outside the village Howls and roars were heard along with men screaming ‘hiya’ just before the sun broke through the sky the night patrol came back some men had blood all over them an some had wounds
“yep quite a successful patrol today the villagers will be pleased”
Hiroki and his men bought back boars deer’s a couple wolves and a tora cub for Hira. Hiroshi made his way home with hunt in one hand and cub in the other he put the animal on the table went to Hira’s room an placed the cub under the covers. Hiro like always would crawl out of his crib crawl to the kitchen and watch his dad do his work with a small blade in hand he would peel the skin off the carcass like an apple with no nicks an separate the fat from the meat and hide, he would do it in one fluid motion like an artist painting a portrait the work was done in a length of a candle going out, Hiro seeing his father almost finished couldn’t help but clap his hands
“ hiro what are you doing up this early did you like the way I cut the hide off, don’t worry when you can walk I’ll let you help me”
ummm was his reply
” smart little boy you are I hope you don’t learn to walk to fast otherwise I fear no one in this village would be able to keep up with you”
Hiroshi picked up the hide threw it on the line outside had a quick wash put hiro in his bed then went to sleep.