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Have you ever felt the steady, spirited drumroll of a soldier's march? It bleeds, rumbling, into the very bones of the ground and presses into your heels at each pace, drowning out each and every wandering thought with an insistent beating akin to one's heart. It is unflinching, unwavering, unfaltering, and, even before the ominous certainty of impending suffering, it does not yield. It is the persistent single-mindedness of iron will, and yet in the same moment the hollow echo of many thousands of men and women across many centuries who have died long before it was their time. What symphony, what percussion, is more resolute than that of soldiers' feet?
Today, under the deceptively blue sky, it was Akira's heartbeat. Her heartbeat was steady like a drummer, keeping beat. It was no fancier than a ticking clock, a metronome, an acorn falling from a mighty oak tree. It was just her heart, a stark reminder of her own mortality in the face of the dangers yet to come. Yet, she would never describe it that way. It was a reminder that she could still do something, make a difference or accomplish her dreams. It was a reminder that as long as her heart kept beating, she could save the world, win the war and maybe, just maybe...Series
- Part 1 of Akira Uchiha's Path to Harmony