A silvery white-haired child of about 5 years of age was wandering around the outskirts of Ayogi Rajya. He was about 4 feet 1 inch tall and weighed about 25 kilos. Anyone who met this child would have been able to tell that he had not eaten for a long time. His red eyes, which should burn like fire, had lost their sparkle. He had covered his hair and clothes with a tattered black cloak.
That unfortunate poor child was none other than the soul of Amit who was reincarnated in the Ayogi Rajya as Aksha.
He was starving, appeared lifeless, and had physical injuries. As he passed a slum area, he saw three teenage bullies trying to pick on a boy about Aksha's age.
Aksha noticed the boy with grayish-white hair getting beaten by them and sobbing. One of them called the boy the -"son of a whore"
Others said-"You are a disgrace to the Ayogi Rajya"
Another one said-"You don't deserve to be one of us"
They said in unison-"Go burn in the depths of hell, you son of a bitch"
Aksha wasn't strong enough to protect the child, since he was a child. He ignored the scream of the small boy begging for help.
While he was leaving the spot, they picked the child by his neck and the boy was suffocating.
They punched and kicked him and the boy fell in Aksha's way, but Aksha kept walking. The child asked Aksha to help- "Big brother, save me from these scary monsters. I don't want to die yet, please, brother".
One of the bullies took a big stone from the ground and threw it at the child-
"Big brother, it hurts, I don't wanna get hurt. (sobbing)". The boy closed his eyes out of fear, he felt someone was holding him by his shoulders. Some drops of blood ran through his forehead. He opened his eyes and saw a person wearing a warm smile staring at him. Aksha was on his knees, embracing the child. He sheltered the child, and got hit by the stone on his head, and fell on his knees. The thick red blood was running through his head to the child's. The child was startled by the hole in Aksha's head and asked him sobbing-
"Big brother, you are bleeding, are you okay?"
Aksha was barely conscious since he was already injured and then he got another direct hit on his head. But he still smiled and responded to the child-
"What is your name?"
"Huh?"
"Your name?"
"It, it, it's Akio, I don't know my last name. But you got hurt protecting me. Why?
"Did you mean it when you called me your big brother?"
"Yes, I felt like you would protect me like a big brother, but due to me, you got hurt. I must be a cursed child. Big brother, you should forsake me and escape."
"Are you afraid of getting hurt? Do you want to live?"
"Yes, I am scared of pain. Also, I want to live happily with my family."
Aksha wiped his tears with his dirty, cracked, and rough hands. Then he said-
"Then that's enough reason for me to protect you. Who said you are cursed? When I was on the verge of breaking down again, you assured me that I still had something to live for. It's you, who saved me, so you're a blessing for me. And which big brother will abandon his brother and run? Now, hurry up and smile at me."
"Will you protect me?"
"I will protect you, my brother, forever even if it kills me. Now smile."
Akio wiped his tears and smiled with numb eyes looking at Aksha and said- "Thank you, big brother."
"Oye, you dead brat, why are you butting in? Enough chit-chat, we are warning you to leave that 'son of a whore' alone and go die somewhere if you wanna die." The bullies threatened Aksha.
Aksha stood up on his feet and assured Akio that he would protect him and told Akio to stay beside him. Aksha looked lifeless, his skin lost the glow and his eyes were almost. But after meeting Akio he suddenly started recovering and appeared a bit better than before. He replied to the bullies -
"You won't be able to lay even a single finger on him, let alone hurt him. I will protect my brother even if it kills me."
I feel like I promised someone that I would find someone to protect them, even if it kills me. I can't quite remember. Was it him? But who was he? Damn it, I can't recollect properly. My head is already injured in the first place. Nevertheless, it's 3v1 and I definitely can't afford to lose after boasting about how I will risk my life to protect him. But I can't have a regretful demise again. I promise I won't die and protect us too. And to achieve this, I will have to convince them-
"Please let us leave. We won't bother you again. At Least let my brother go."
"We won't let any of you get away. We will play with both you you until we feel satisfied."-
The bullies declared with an evil chuckle.
They took out the 'Kiren' and threw it in the direction of Aksha.
Aksha takes out his 'vijra' from under his sleeves and swiftly deflects the six 'Kirens'.
Aksha takes the position and gets ready for a fight with 'Vijra' in his right hand.
The enemies revved up too and charged on Aksha taking out their 'vijras'.
"It will be fun, let's take him out."
"He is capable enough to entertain us."
"We will first defeat him then teach that 'whore's son' a lesson."
"Hahahaha, today will be full of fun."They all laughed.
Akio got frightened by their declaration-
"Big brother."
Aksha faced Akio and handed him a small brown pouch-
"Don't worry, I'm here to protect you. Even if you still feel scared then hold this pouch near your chest tightly and think only about me."
They closed the distance between them and Aksha and one of them struck Akhsa from the front with 'vijra' and Aksha blocked the strike with his 'vijra'. Another one did the same thing from the right side and due to the unusual structure of Aksha's 'vijra,' he was able to block the other strike too.
But he was wide open from the left side, and taking advantage of this, the third one tried to kick Aksha in the stomach, Aksha somehow blocked the kick with his left hand.
However, due to the force of the kick, Aksha was blown back and clashed with the pole.
Akio was now separated from Aksha and he started running away. But they also started chasing behind Akio.
Aksha took his 'kirens' out and threw them towards them. Two of them turned around and successfully blocked the 'kirens' but one of them was inflicted a deep cut on his right shoulder by the 'kiren'.
He exclaimed, "Damn you punk, we will first rip you apart then we will go after that punk. Let's go guys."
Aksha threw more 'kirens' towards them but they blocked every single one.
They jumped on Aksha and tried to stab him with their 'vijras' but Aksha deflected their attacks. And kicked one of them back.
The one who was kicked by Aksha, speared Aksha in rage and dropped Aksha on the ground. Aksha tried to escape from his grip but taking advantage of the situation, the one got cut by Aksha's 'kiren', threw his 'vijra' on Aksha and it stabbed Aksha's palm in the ground. The third one at the same moment kicked Aksha's face with force, and hence Aksha's left palm was slashed through by the 'vijra' and Aksha was once again thrown back.
"Aahhh, it hurts, damn it, aahh," Aksha screamed in agony while holding his left palm.
But Aksha noticed Akio who was far away, holding the pouch close to his chest and praying eyes closed. Aksha stood up again on his feet with the help of the ground.
"This is nothing compared to what I've been suffering these past months. You won't be able to break me and my resolve."
Both sides clashed again with their 'vijras'. Aksha was successfully defending every strike and was making sure to maintain a safe distance.
But since they were bigger than Aksha in every aspect, they cut through Aksha's body and injured the body even more.
Aksha still was on his feets and was showing no signs of giving up.
They got annoyed by this and backed up and declared -
"We were disciples of a sadhu previously. And you are keeping up against us."
"How you dare insult us, brat."
"Now we have decided to kill you with our 'mudra'."
After saying this, three of them raised their hands and joined their fingers and then formed a triangle facing each other. Then they signaled their hands towards Aksha.
A metal spear appeared which was manifested by their 'prana shakti', and it seemed powerful enough to pierce through a thick stone.
The spear traveled towards Aksha.
Aksha took the stance to defend himself, and he defended himself with his 'vijra' but the spear pierced through his stomach this time. He coughed a lot of blood.
Due to the slow speed of the spear, it wasn't able to fully pierce through Aksha and after a second the spear disappeared.
Aksha somehow managed to raise again with the support of his 'vijra' and pole. The impact of the spear was reduced due to Aksha's defense but still, it's inevitable that he was gravely injured and yet another one in his stomach. He was already bleeding from his head and just now he coughed a hell of blood. It was a miracle that he still hadn't lost his consciousness.
He wiped out the blood coming from his mouth and said-
"You all can never be a 'sadhu'.
A 'sadhu' is someone who uses its power to protect not harm others.
That's the reason you never advanced to 'sadhu'."
Upon saying his statement, Aksha clenched his left fist which was slashed by 'vijra', and raised it. He then opens his fist up in the air. Yes, he was trying to manifest 'prana shakti' through 'mudra' but the blood was still coming from everywhere in his body.
Aksha pointed his left hand towards the enemies and tried to chant a 'mantra', but just after he uttered "Lord" his hair started shining in a black aura.
Suddenly he collapsed down and started coughing blood. He knelt, but the blood won't stop. Since he was on his knees, the veil covering his head came down and his silvery white hair shining in black aura became visible to the bullies.
After getting a look at Akhsa's hair, the one who was cut by Aksha's 'kiren' freaked out and exclaimed -
"Oyy, what is that? Don't tell me he is that."
"It seems that he is the one. Look he has got that red eyes, a black cloak hiding his clothes, and most importantly his silvery white hairs glowing in black aura upon trying to manifest 'prana shakti'."
The third one said-
"There's no mistake, he is that reincarnation of the devil. The devil, who's got 0% goodluck. Let's not get involved with him."
"Yeah, we should leave ASAP."
Aksha who was on the verge of collapsing, saw them running away with his half-closed eyes. He found that Akio was safe and sound.
"For the first time, this black aura on my hair came in handy. I'm glad that I got 0% goodluck if that's the cost to protect Akio."
Aksha loses his consciousness and collapses on the ground after they leave.