Blood Doesn't Make Someone a Father Rather its LOVE that does the Job.

Another year passed by. We then heard that another bandit group like ours was rising. We also heard that they were trying to hunt us. They wanted to eliminate us and rise up their ranks. So, we were also preparing for the upcoming battle. Mr. Jihad gave the responsibilities of front fights to Madarashi and he himself. I was given the responsibilities to provide support with weapons or medical aid if needed, I was only good at those.

On a rainy dark day they showed up. But we were prepared. Mr. Jihad ordered us to gather in the underground of our hideout and we will observe them from there through the security camera as starters. Before going Madarashi went to our room and I followed him. I was watching him from the outside by hiding. I saw that he took something from his bag and put it in his mouth. I thought I was well hidden but then suddenly, “Brother, why are you hiding there. Come out” said Madarashi.

I got afraid but came out. Then I saw that he was holding a safety pin on his mouth, that mom’s pin he used in his first assassination. I didn’t know that he still had that. But then he said, “I keep this pin always with me during any fight. Cause then I fell like mom is with me and it also works as a good luck charm.”

I said, “Yeah? I understand. But you know mom would never want you to see you like this.”

He said, “I’m fully aware of that. But good or bad every mom has to face the fact that it’s her child and there’s no exception for my mother.”

We gathered underground and Mr.Jihad was explaining the tactics we’ll follow but Madarashi wasn’t listening to any of that. Mr. Jihad said that Madarashi always does that, everything on his own. And he has tactics of his own that only he can follow.

We were observing our enemy and Mr. Jihad told us to wait for some moments. Madarashi was sitting there for a while and then suddenly he stood up and started going to the battle field without saying anything. Mr. jihad was really angry about that.

We were observing what’s going on through the camera. We saw Madarashi first arrived there and sarcastically said, “Ohhhhh! Some little gang of people has come to annihilate us. Take this as the first and last warning; run away or you will regret it.”

I first thought that he was out of his mind ridiculing the enemy like that. The enemy started saying, “What the hell! It’s just a kid.” And just after that one of them shot a bullet at Madarashi. I was really scared and closed my eyes. But when I opened my eyes I saw that Madarashi somehow dodged it. The enemy was as surprised as me.

 Madarashi said, “Very well then!!” and charged right at them. The enemy also opened fire but somehow amazingly he was dodging all of them. I couldn’t understand how he was able to do that. Then Mr. Jihad explained to me, “Yukioshi, if you believe in superpowers then you can consider this as one. But Madarashi isn’t doing that with superpower rather with his own skills. He observes really closely all the movements of the enemy, their gesture, posture and then he can calculate when, where and how they will shoot and thereby take actions accordingly.”

We saw that he was charging towards them dodging all the bullets and then he finally shot two bullets and the amazing matter was, both the bullets hit the bullseye, and pierced the head of two enemies. But then a moment came and their boss was about to shoot. That time Madarashi was really in a bad position. If he somehow manages to even calculate it, he won’t be able to dodge it. I was really afraid and that boss chose the right moment to strike. But then another miracle flashed in front of us and we got to notice another might of my little brother.

 Just before the shot, he picked up one of the enemy corpse he killed earlier and used it to shield himself. The enemy leader’s face was something to be seen as well as ours. After that he kept using that corpse as a shield. There was a devilish smile on his all the time. It was like he was happy, he was enjoying that. The last time I saw him this happy was when he was able to dispose of our father and the butler. Day by day he was turning into a psychopath.

Then after I saw Mr. Jihad had a smile on his face and said, “What are we waiting for gang. Let’s forget about all the plans and charge on ahead.”

Madarashi was able to even encourage everyone and lifted their spirits. A great battle started. There was gunfire everywhere. Some of us was injured and I treated them. But if I had to count, I would say we were on the lead because of Mr.Jihad and Madarashi’s duo. They took down most of the enemy and both of their attacks was amazingly synchronized. But even so we were short on numbers. So, I decided to join the fight too and that is when I understood that we shouldn’t underestimate ourselves because I was holding my own against them quite nicely. The battle went for a long time. Most of the enemies were down and some of them flew away. The only one left at that time was their leader. On our side, Madarashi, me, Jihad and some of the others were still standing. We thought we won but after sometime I was about to realize that we shouldn’t start celebration until a fight is fully over.

At that time, one of us was injured and I was treating him. I and he was the only one without weapons. Just right at that time Mr. Jihad was asking the enemy leader to give up. But rather than giving up he hold his pistol. Then Madarashi and Mr. Jihad also pointed their pistol at that leader and Madarshi said, “You can’t hope to do anything, Mr. If you shoot your dead men will shield us but if we shoot you can’t be saved.”

Then the leader looked down and smiled saying, “Then I will go for the one without shield.” Right after he said that I saw bullet coming towards me and before I could understand anything I saw some blood splitting all around. But the fact was, it wasn’t my blood rather it was Mr. Jihad’s. He threw himself in front of me to save me and in the process he was shot. I instantly grabbed him, he was shot at a vital spot. And then I could hear someone laughing out loud, it was that leader. Right at that time Madarashi pointed his gun towards him.

And the leader sarcastically said, “Oh! Oh! Wait a sec, kid. Look I won’t hurt you rather I have an offer for you, join me and leave this weak leader of yours. We can do anything we want, together. We will rule over the country…”     

After hearing this Madarashi lowered his gun and was looking down. He looked dark. And then said, “You say; you won’t shoot me. But the reality is you can’t shoot me. Because, you are actually running out of bullet, isn’t that right?”

The leader’s face looked pale and sweaty. I was amazed that he was counting the bullets in the leader’s gun. But then he said, “On the other hand I have bullets in my gun but; I will throw this away. Because, I want to take on your offer. So, let’s fight to test if you are as strong as you claim to be.

Then the leader smiled and said, “Listen up kid. Don’t be so cocky, you are really skilled for someone of your age but I’m the leader for some reason. I can just beat you in one stroke!!!”

Madarshi really threw his gun as he said and a great showdown was about to be started. The fight started. Madarashi asked the leader to attack first and he also accepted the offer. The leader was really throwing powerful and rapid punches and kicks, he was without a doubt skillful. But his bad luck was he was against my brother. He dodged and blocked all the attacks. But at last the leader managed to land a punch on him and Madarshi was backed down. But then there was that devilish smirk on his face again and he said,

“My turn!!!”

And we all were going to feel the terror of the devil. Madarashi tightened his fist. It looked like he was going to punch, and that leader was ready to block it. But the shock came later when we realized that the punch was just a decoy. Rather in a moment, from behind the shadow of the punch, Madarashi rose his leg to a 90 degree angle and in flash kicked the leader on his face. And with that one kick the leader was on the ground bleeding all over. Witnessing such strength left the whole environment silent. All of us felt a terror inside of heart.

Madarashi went and picked up his gun, pointed it to the leader and said, “You call Mr. Jihad weak. Believe me you can’t even hold a candle against him. You were just delusional who wanted to rule the country, you piece of trash!”

 Just after that he shot him.

Then he calmly came towards Mr. Jihad who was still somehow alive, sat down and said, “Thank you Mr. Jihad for everything you did for us. You were a father figure to me. You gave me the love that my real father refused to give me. I said that you weren’t weak but; you have weakness and in a large amount. Your weakness is, you are too soft. We have been fighting for a long time now but you haven’t killed a single one. You just injured them. You even stopped me from killing them from time to time. You are now dying because of that. That time you were pointing your gun right at his head. And when he was about to shoot my brother, you could’ve just shot him. But rather you decided not to and jumped in front of the fire. I’m glad that I learned a lot from you but I’m also glad that I didn’t learn these kind of softness from you. Rest in peace!!’

Mr. Jihad passed away. I was really sad and couldn’t hold my tears back. Madarashi was strong but; all that was actually broken from inside. It was a great loss, the loss of dad. I understood something, blood doesn’t make someone a father rather its love that does the job.