you fucking bastard.
you fucking piece of shit, i hope you die. i hope you die a death as brutal as can possibly be. i hope you never get to find peace in the afterlife; may you burn in the fiery pits of hell for all eternity.
hideous thoughts echoed in akane’s mind, clear as day, one after another, gradually becoming more cruel by the millisecond. pure hostile fiery rage filled up inside of her, swallowing her whole until there was nothing else left. the fury quickly forced its way out of her body, through her fingertips and released onto everything in her sight until everything surrounding her turned into ashes.
and just as abruptly as it came, her anger disappeared, finally allowing grief to take its rightful place in akane’s heart.
why me? — the ever-present question still lingered deep within her conscience.
she grieved the life she lost that night, the woman she had been and the happiness she had once been able to call hers. she grieved the future she could have lived, the woman she could have become, the happiness she could have obtained if the universe had allowed it.
she grieved the body once untouched by him, the body who had still been her own. but most importantly, she grieved the once pure mind of hers, untainted by the people she was now supposed to call ‘ family ’.
then, in a moment of despair, akane felt the need to write a memoir no soul would ever read.
father,
at last, i have finally made you proud.
i know exactly how much you always wished for me to take a meaningful rule in this society and how much you resented me for never wanting to be of significant importance.
it seems the universe has granted your wish instead of mine. to me, this proves that you must have been a better person than me.
in honour of you, i have decided to take on this role that was handed to me by the fire lord himself. in honour of you, i have become the fire lady of this nation. and in honour of you, i will do whatever it takes to guarantee this nation’s prosperity.
unlike you, mother has always told me that i was mentally and physically stronger than most other people. when the fire lord announced our engagement, she had said that there was a reason as to why i was the one who was chosen out of all the other noble women. she had said that i was going to bring great success to our nation and great honour to our house. back then, i couldn’t find it in myself to believe her but now that i am several months older, i do believe that her assumptions might have been correct.
soon enough the ink on the piece of paper became almost unreadable as it continued to mix with her unexpected tears.
i hope that the afterlife treats you well and that you are able to see all the things i have done for you and will continue to do for you.
and if that is truly the case, if you are able to read the words i write, i want you to know that i have forgiven you, for i finally understand why you did the things you did during your living days.
i aspire to be like you.
signed,
takao akane, the fire lady