Ryuu was very afraid now, without the array which was causing him to stay clear of any form of emotions dealing with fear sorrow, now he was being assaulted by torrent of emotions.
Suddenly the feeling of death and suppression lifted off from him, he looked up to see disappointed look in his masters' eyes, something which caused him to feel ashamed of himself.
Veena: "Do you know why we are angry with you, child?"
Ryuu mumbled out, "I learned a Taboo technique."
Maheswara, "Speak out loudly child and you are partly correct. We are angry that you learned something that was not meant for you, not only you took it without bothering to inform any of us. "
Ryuu found the floor more interesting as he lowered his head as he gazed at the floor.
Nuwa: "Child look up at us when we are speaking to you, Look Up!"
Ryuu jolted up as he looked up to his teachers from his kneeling position.
Celestia: "A forbidden or taboo technique sometimes come with various conditions, if it had a condition where you had to stay away from females, you would be forced to stay away from even your mother, would you like that."
Ryuu shook his head negatively.
Maheswara sighed as he spoke, "We are proud of how you held yourself during the excursion but because of how you learnt that technique behind our back, as such you will be punished, you will have to help the gardeners who tend our garden for two months, you may take a much time as needed to finish your sentence but remember until you finish your punishment we will not teach you anything at all, you are forbidden to enter the library, forbidden to practice your techniques and more importantly your cultivation will be sealed up completely. If you had not tried to pull such a stunt we would be teaching you new techniques but now we are debating whether to teach you anything until you will be more responsible."
Nuwa spoke lastly with a stern face as she made her way as she stood beside Ryuu with one of her hands on top of his head, "Now run along child you gave your mother quite a fright because of your stunt, you caused your mother to shed tears because of your recklessness, now leave." As soon as she finished speaking a jolt of pain went through his body and he felt himself his senses dulling his body weighed a lot as well as fatigued and the motor ability dropping drastically.
Nuwa turned towards her eldest daughter as she spoke, "Antariskh take him to his mother."
Ryuu spoke groggily, "I am sorry masters."
Celestia immediately snapped back at him as she spoke quite harshly, "If you are sorry try to prove it through your actions, I do not want to hear some baseless words now get out of my sight.", Ryuu's eyes teared up as he was picked up by his eldest sister who quickly took him back to his mother.
Antariskh: "Baby brother, do not take their harsh words as a sign of anger or disappointment, your teachers, your mother including us all care for you deeply as such we would not want any form of danger to befall you due to recklessness, your mother fainted when she saw you trying to perform the Taboo technique, if had died she would have committed suicide and has been a crying mess since then, so next time please think before you act with such recklessness, please promise you will."
Ryuu muttered lowly but it was loud enough to be heard by his sister, "I promise big sister".
Ryuu went to his mother's room, he tried to speak cheerfully with his mother, "Hello mama, I am back.", but his mother did not pay heed to him she kept on reading the book which she held in her hand.
Ryuu tried to get his mother's attention towards him but she continued to ignore him causing him to feel as if a pit has been formed in his stomach as fresh tears sprouted in his eyes again.
Xiao Xiao spoke calmly her voice devoid of any emotion, "What are doing child, do not disturb me."
Ryuu was shocked he spoke in low voice, "But Mama I…."
Xiao Xiao, "'But what Ryuu, why should I bother with you anymore, when you did not think about me and decided to kill yourself, how could you Ryuu you are the only family I have left you are my everything how dare you try to betray me like that.", her voice broke into a choked sob.
Ryuu broke down into tears as he went and hugged his mother hard as he began crying hard, Xiao Xiao hugged him back as she spoke, "Child please, please promise mama you will not do something so reckless, please you are my everything I cannot accept any form of harm done on you, I cannot bear to witness your death, so please promise mama you will not do something so reckless."
A muffled voice with choked sob came to her ears, "I promise mama, I promise."
Xiao Xiao simply planted a small kiss on his forehead as she wiped his tears clear, "Here let mommy look at you, let me see how my handsome son has grown."
As the mother and son held each other in comfort a suddenly a thought came to Ryuu's mind, "Mama you said I am your only family, but aunt Zhu Zhu is also there and what happened to your family and more importantly where is aunt Zhu Zhu.", Xiao Xiao cursed inwardly she spoke out something which she would have told Ryuu when he was little bit older.
Ryuu looked in concern at Xiao Xiao, "Mama please tell me truthfully where is Aunt Zhu Zhu, it has been years since we saw her, please mama."
Xiao Xiao bit her lips, her heart clenched in sadness, as she spoke with her voice filled with sadness, "Ryuu, I am sorry child for lying to you, I thought that I would tell you when you were a little older, but now that I think you are old enough, do you remember the attack on us all those years ago."
Ryuu nodded it was a very important day in his life as he met his master that day.
Xiao Xiao, "Ryuu, in order for us to escape Zhu Zhu sacrificed herself, she used a taboo technique to kill as many enemies as possible. I am sorry to lie to you Ryuu but Zhu Zhu passed away that day."
Ryuu was stunned one of his most precious person in his short life has passed away and he did not know, he in fact was angry with her for not visiting him for a long time while the truth in fact she was dead, he refused to believe, his aunt who played with him, told him stories, sang to him, teased him had passed away two years ago yet he did not know.
That day the mother son feel asleep crying as they held each other that day was one of the worst day in his life.
Ryuu suddenly sat up in the middle of the night he was panicking as he started crying and trying to rub of any nonexistent blood on his hands, he was in hysterics, all those people he killed all those he fought and defeated the guilt finally hit him hard as there was no array to suppress his emotions.
Xiao Xiao had been awoken by Ryuu who had been acting crazy, she quickly held him in an embrace as she tried to console him, all those shouting had awoken the maids in their mansion who came to quickly check on them, and were greeted with a sight of a catatonic Ryuu while his mother held him trying to calm him while trying to whisper soothing word in his ears .