Self RP || Azula & Kadogo'moto
She was the last person that he wanted to see, ever again if he could help it, but weather Kadogo liked it or not his mother had chosen the rebel's side as well, and he would continue sharing pride territory with her as would everyone else.
His mother-- if he could ever truly consider her as such --no, rather, the lioness who had given him life, was clearly there to stay. Damn his luck.
There was no love between them, so certainly none lost. Ilahle knew all about it. The woman had deemed him worthless and refused to waste her time after so long. It might have been the kindest thing she ever did for him aside from bothering to bathe and feed him and teach him anything at all. How had he started off so timid and meek? No one really knew, but something had definitely set him off at being deemed worthless. It had been that insult that set the fire ablaze, and since she abandoned him to his adopted father he had been training to become stronger.
He met his biological father some time in his adolescence, a terrifying brute, the god of war, but Kadogo had not shown fear, unlike in the face of meeting his "dear" uncle, Tanaka. He'd been a coward then, where his brother Hiashi had been able to stand without flinching, Kadogo had wanted nothing more than to bury himself in the sand to hide. When Mrost came around Kadogo made sure not to repeat such a weakness again.
There had been constant training, and some time with Ilahle in between. She was the only one to ever see him beyond his walls after Azula left, and he'd prefer to keep it that way, for always.
But first he had a demon to face.
"Azula!" He called into the darkness of the den, braced in case she should come out with claws swiping. He wouldn't put it pas his "dear old mom".