Probitas:Tales of Innocence

[Retane]

“You’re a smart kid, Probitas. And from what the kids tell me, a hell of a fighter when it comes to it. Just like your old man.”

Probitas looked up at the skilled ninja and smiled. There was gleam of confidence and understanding in Asuma's eyes that bolstered Probitas' conscience and lowered his guilt when it came to his previous actions. "Do you think you could help me Mr.- I mean Asuma-sensei?" Probitas had to correct himself.

"Oh? What with?" The Shinobi lowered his hand but gave a sincere expression.

"Could you help me figure out when it is best to use my power and not to? I know I am really nothing like my father, even if I am compared to him all the time. I only met him once, when I was hatched. You were there remember? I know he's with me in spirit or something to that extent. But I don't understand it all."

Asuma paused for a moment and rubbed at his chin, "Have you even spoken to Retane since you saw him at your birth?"

"No. I have a device that lets me communicate with him and my brothers and sister, but I am scared to use it. I can feel them deep down and I almost feel as if I am a failure when it comes to being compared to the others. I'm to nervous to try to contact any of them. " Probitas' visage was serious and calm when he spoke.

"They are your family. From what I understand, Retane left you more then one way to contact him and I know he is there for you. I actually have had the opportunity to be on a mission with him. I can see his gentler side in you, and I know your struggle. He sent you here to learn our ways and to become something he considers, better then himself. " Asuma let the words linger.

"Better then himself?" Probitas pondered the words, still confused.

"Yeah. Better then himself. I don't know how to explain it, but from my interactions with your father, he struggles inside. We are told that most Namekians are a peaceful in general. You are a prime example of that. Your father, though, is a peculiar case. He is perhaps one of a kind. He has a fighting prowess that can rival most ninja and many primes in this universe. I'm told not many Namek's can create offspring. He birthed you and your siblings, out of memories and feelings from the events leading up to that, since he has been here.

"You were the first weren't you? Perhaps he wants to beleive that there is such a thing as pure innocence. Retane saw such a thing in Jack Frost, and another I am told thy say he watched them lose it and he takes the blame and guilt as his own."

Asuma let the words sink in before continuing, "I think he is actually proud of you, and would be proud of you even more if you told him of some of your trials and thoughts. Perhaps he could even help you some how. He's been a Namek more then myself or you, ya know"

They both laughed at the Shinobi's joke for a few moments before Probitas paused and thought for a few moments longer, "Maybe you are right, but It's just hard to think about filling his shoe's."

Asuma rubbed at his furry chin, "I don't think he wants you to fill his shoes. I think he want's you to become your own identity, without his influence. It's why he made you ambassador here. War is all around us, and sad to say, it probably always will be. I think your father wants you to chose your own paths without his actions influencing you. Maybe he even wants you to be there to stop him from his own actions every once in a while."

Probitas sighed and looked down, feeling the weight of the words, "You said you fought beside him before. I have heard the whispers and rumors. They call my father both a fiend and a hero. What happened out there?"

The Ninja shrugged his shoulders but knew it wasn't going to be enough. "You're father, wound up stopping an assault on Jack Frost from goblins and a strange creature. We were tracking the goblins with the elves as our allies. Initially a lot of people judged Retane for the color of his skin. But he is far greater then that. He saved members of my own squad and later on after all was resolved accompanied us on mission to capture the goblin ally that had a grudge against Jack Frost. He did it mostly to protect the bond he had formed with Frost, but he made sure my squad made it back as well when he could have left them to die."

"So my father isn't really a bad guy?" Probitas looked up with hope.

"Not in my book. He might have his own ways. But to each his own I suppose." Asuma flashed a smile.