A/N: Another Kazachizu fic made by me, yay~ ;D I'm a bit disappointed of how short his route is despite I like how it ended, so I would like add it a little longer. The story follows up after Kazama kills Kodou.

I don't own anything, except the story. Hakuouki and the characters own by Idea Factory, and the CG belongs to Yone Kazuki. Well.. I do edited a little of title.

Warnings: Grammars error, typos, OOC-ness, cursed words


Cataclysm of Nights

Chapter 1

Chizuru let herself laid on the Head of Demon West clan's broad-chested, as Kazama 'comforts' her of how her father wasn't the one that needed to blame of, it was those stupid humans for corrupting his calm and gentle heart for choosing a wrong path. She knew humans can be bad, not all of them fought for money, power and reputation though. Some of them were still fought in wars for the sake of their pride.

Like the Shinsengumi

Forgetting of Amagiri's presence as she finally noticed that the red-headed oni had left the room, there was only the brunette, Kazama and…

..her father's remaining ashes.

"..Kazama-san?," she spoke in a very quite tone. "Can I.. buried my father's remaining ashes someplace safe? ..Somewhere in my house?"

Her eyes didn't looked at the crimson-red orbs back, looking down on the floor, the wind still hadn't blown her father's ashes yet. She couldn't able to stand watching her father's ashes blown away when the wind becomes stronger then. It hurt so much since he's the only person she had as a family beside the Shinsengumi.

It took a while then, Kazama finally answered with a heavily sighed:

"Do it as you like."

The brunette nodded slightly, feeling thankful for letting her to bury her father's ashes though she was expected he wouldn't like it. Once more, Chizuru buried her head into Kazama's dark-brown haori, trying to calm herself down before she's ready to bury Kodou's remaining ashes.


It's been 3 days since they last left Edo and buried Kodou somewhere around her house, the threesome Onis still went on a journey to find out of the Shinsengumi's fate. Though Kazama's prediction of how the Shinsengumi may be lose, yet Chizuru couldn't able to believe him no matter how much it was true.

Trying to keep away from entering the wars, their best way to get to the next city/town would went into in a deep and dark wood. As much as it creeps a little for the brunette, having an accompany like Amagiri and Kazama had comforted her a little.

Chizuru glanced on Kazama, then to herself. Before they left Edo, Amagiri bought the western clothes for the two of them as the wars starting to become much more dangerous and it be best to avoid from wearing a japanese clothes. Well, exceptional for the red-headed Oni. He's not getting used to wear a clothes something tight.

At first, the brunette finds it really foreign. But days had passed she's starting to feel much more comfortable on wearing it although she'd still prefer the japanese clothes more...

Once again, Chizuru looked at Kazama once more because he looked quite good on the western clothes, she hate to admit it. Of course, she didn't compliment at him out loud.

Still, she'd still grieve over her father's death no matter what. Chizuru couldn't helped herself but to feel sad for not able to save her father from his demise fate. She knew this would happen once she failed it, yet, she'd still couldn't able to believe it in the end.

For a whole 3 days of grieving Kodou's death, neither Kazama nor Amagiri didn't seem to worry of her much. Either it's because they needed to get to the city as soon as possible or they didn't noticed of Chizuru's grief much. It's not that she wants someone to comfort her or something. She felt anxious of what's going to happen to the Shinsengumi's fate then. Would it be like her father? Is it true that the Shinsengumi might be loses and die in wars in the end? Thinking about them of dying made her sadden more.

What she's gonna to do then what's they're gone…?

The Full Moon raised up above the night sky, crickets starting to sing in a deep woods, the threesome Onis still couldn't able to find a way to get out of the woods yet. It took some times then Kazama stopped walking.

"We need to take a day off for today," the blonde-haired Oni said with his usual cold tone. "We need to get move on in early dawn."

Amagiri nodded in agreement, as he and Chizuru putting down all of their things and starting to stand the tent. Once Kazama left the two alone to find the firewoods, the red-headed Oni finally spoke, tried to be very gentle and not intending to scare the Yukimura girl.

"Still grieving of Kodou, if I presume?"

"Eh..?"

Chizuru looked at Amagiri in perplexed.

"You seem to be sad ever since we left Edo." Amagiri said. "I do not think you've been like this before we arrived in Edo yet."

"O-Oh..," the brunette muttered under her breathed, looked elsewhere beside the polite Oni, didn't realized he's been concerned of her for a whole time. She would've thought she'll able to hide her grieve from him before. "I-I'm sorry.. I don't mean to worry you about me so much.." She bowed slightly, and when she stood up back, Amagiri gave her his usual calm smile.

"There's no need to apologize for. After all, if Senhime finds out that you've been sad for a whole journey to find out of what would happened to the Shinsengumi then, she would've killed us in the end," he chuckled lightly as he remembered how aggressive the Princess of Yase is. "Try not to worry both of us, Yukimura-dono."

Chizuru looked at him, as if she's examining him of something, knowing very much why the red-headed Oni calls her in a very respectful one, since she's after all, the only member of Yukimura left, and she would become the Head of the Demon East then. Compare to Amagiri clan, his clan doesn't have a very high titled as Kazama's and Suzuka's. The reason she's been staring at him for a while then because of his word of Both of us. Who is another person beside Amagiri? Is he referring for Senhime?

"Both of us…?" Chizuru repeated, looked confused slightly. "Who is another person, Amagiri-san?"

The red-headed Oni would've expected she would ask that. He somehow didn't know that Chizuru can be… a little dense, to be honest.

"Kazama-sama." Amagiri stated. "He's been quite worried about you for a whole time. And I suggest that try not to letting yourself down."

"Eh?" Chizuru blinked in confused. Kazama.. has been worried about her too? For a whole journey, he doesn't seemed showing how much he concerned of her much except when her father had chose to the wrong path, and the Demon of West letting her cried for him. Why hasn't she seen how much he worried of her all this time? Kazama seemed to have focus of trying to get to the next city than concerning of the brunette. …Or is it she couldn't able to read Kazama's mind much…?

"I.. I didn't know he's worried about me all this time..," she mumbled, worried if she'd bothered them too much nor getting their way to find out of the Shinsengumi's fate..

"Kazama is…," Amagiri paused. "Kazama isn't a type of person who would open his heart much to everyone before. You may think he doesn't care much about you and all, but deep inside of him, he worried of you… very much, Yukimura-dono."

"It looks like you've known Kazama-san a lot. And you never separated from him before." Chizuru said as she remembered how Kazama appeared to kidnap her while having an accompany by the red-headed Oni. The brunette then questioned him curiously, "Since when have you known of him, Amagiri-san?"

Amagiri paused for a moment and after they finally stand up their tent, the two Onis sat on a log as a place to seat, began to talk:

"Well, you could say I've known for Kazama-sama since he had lost his parent."

"He.. lost his parents..?" Chizuru murmured softly. "Is it something like my family's fate..?"

Amagiri shook his head slowly, "Not really. His mother had died because of an unknown illness she had after Kazama-sama was born, and his father.." he paused as he remembered how the blonde-haired man replied of what happened to his father without any feeling of sorrow, grudge, nor joy of him back when he was still young and Kazama was about 6 or 5 years old, "..his father abandoning him after they lose her."

The brunette looking down on her feet, feeling regretful of asking this despite it has nothing to do with her although she'd still curious of the arrogant Oni's backstory that's all. Continuing talking with Amagiri would be very nice, but at the same time, their conversation might've become awkward and she also hated to listen if the red-headed Oni speaks about Kazama once more, so, they ended up waiting in silent, listening the crickets singing in the middle of night as they waited for the Kazama Head clan bring some firewoods.

After very long silent moments then, Kazama finally brought some of the firewoods in a deep forest, and Amagiri and Kazama began to lighten up the fire as Chizuru tried to take her sleeping bag from her bag, putting it into the tent before she went to sleep. The moment she laid her eyes on the two Onis, she couldn't help herself but to feel a little useless somehow.

Like she was with the Shinsengumi.

Before she's been separated from the Shinsengumi, she doesn't seemed to be very useful much unless doing some chores; cleaning up the places, helping Inoue for cooking breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the members of the Shinsengumi, as well as making a tea for them to relaxing too. She wished she could help them by fighting along with them, and enter the wars together with them too. But no, none of them letting her fight with them unless Hijikata told her to.

And just like with Kazama and Amagiri once more, there's nothing useful she can do for them. So far, what they've done for her is stopping from Kodou's plan of burning down the Edo, and killed all the furies that Kodou had created. While she.. she did nothing except whining of how she wanted to reunite with the Shinsengumi as soon as possible.

"Something bothering you?"

Chizuru jolted in surprised as she realized Kazama returned her gaze back, didn't noticed she's been staring at them for quite longer now. Trying to face away and hid her red flushing face, Chizuru stood up from the seat:

"N-Nothing!," the brunette said nervously, decided to go to sleep very early for today.

Without looking at the two Onis, Chizuru went to the tent and let her world turned into in a pit of darkness, letting herself fall asleep already.

It wasn't quite long after that, the brunette ended herself awoke already. It wasn't dawn yet. She seemed to have hardly to go to sleep lately ever since she's been grieving over her father's death. When Chizuru took a peek around as she went out from the tent, no one seemed to be keep an eye on them. Usually, Amagiri would often be the one that needed to make sure nothing's going to happen to them. But today, the red-headed Oni seemed to have sleeping soundly, and the brunette couldn't able to find Kazama.

Maybe he's gone to find some firewoods..?

Couldn't able to sleep comfortably, Chizuru intended to take a walk around the woods no matter how scared it would be in a middle of night especially how the attackers might be ambush her already but the brunette had a desire to take some fresh air somehow.

Walking to the deepest forest, as the Full Moon starting to bright around her like a spotlight, Chizuru raised her head to the night sky, amazed of how beautiful the sky is for this night. She haven't realized how much beautiful it was or maybe she's been focus too much of finding the Shinsengumi that badly.

As she'd still continued watching the night sky, she heard a footstep, feared that it might be an enemy, so she turned around without hesitated, and used a way to defend herself, holding the hilt of her kodachi, making sure whoever that person it is her enemy.

Slowly, Chizuru finally relaxing herself, and sighed out softly as she realized it was none other than Kazama Chikage.

"It's just you, Kazama-san..," she murmured softly, still a bit panic and can't imagined herself what's going to happen to her then if that person wasn't the arrogant Oni..

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in your tent already?" Kazama questioned with his expressionless tone, putting his arms under his chest, and waiting for Chizuru's answer.

"Well.. I, I'm hardly going to sleep. So I just thought I need to take a walk for a moment.."

He tried not to sigh in frustratedly although he failed in the end, "It's good thing I've found you first. What would happen then if the ronins or wild dogs attack you? Shouldn't you be a bit troublesome in the end?"

"I know, I know.." she mumbled under her breathed, feeling a bit regretful for going out without giving any permission. Then again, she couldn't find Kazama so who would she ask for? Amagiri? Amagiri was having a good dream so it'll be bad if she woke him up already..

"But.. can we stay here for a moment? After that, I'll definitely return back to tent."

It took a while then Kazama finally answered. As much as he would rather keep an eyed on the tent, but after all, spoiling his future wife wasn't really that bad right?

"Fine."

As he said that, Chizuru couldn't help herself but feeling thankful for the arrogant Oni. Somehow, she realized that Kazama wasn't really a bad person actually. Despite how he intended to kidnap her for numerous times, and giving her a threat of how he would kill the Shinsengumi if she didn't follows him...

The blonde-haired Oni walked next to her then, joining the brunette to watch the night sky, and millions of stars that shines brightly.

He noticed that Chizuru suddenly faced to him, and there's a very sad expression on her face that he can tells that he doesn't feel like it to see/hear. Facing to the last member of Yukimura family, trying to break a very awkward silent then:

"What's wrong?"

"Eh..?!" Chizuru exclaimed, once again, didn't realize she's been staring the arrogant Oni again. Cheeks suddenly becomes brighten red, she faced away from him and looked down on the grass, fidgeting slightly of her body whether if it's a good idea to ask this. "Well… I, um.."

"You've been acting strangely ever since we had left Edo. If you keep feeling down all day, you'll end up getting on our way."

She was amazed by him.

Like Amagiri, he can read her expression on her face as well despite she tried her very best to hide away so that no one would worried about her, not even Kazama. In the end, she ended up making them annoyed her, after all.

She wondered.. was it really worth for her to come along with the two Onis? She's been relying on them too much as much as she had for the Shinsengumi, yet having with them is much more uncomfortable than being with the Shinsengumi. Despite how she believed that Kazama won't attack her nor intended to take him with her to be his wife in forceful, yet, it's gotten much more complicated continued on journey with them.

Should she just leave them..?

As much as she was really glad and thankful after all they've done to her, yet she couldn't able being helpful for them in the end. The two Onis were really good on finding the information of the whereabouts of the Shinsengumi. Yet, as for Chizuru… she felt like she did nothing at all. No matter how much she begged them that she can keep an eye on them for a whole night, yet, Kazama refused letting her do that. He rather dies than letting the brunette stayed up in night until dawn.

Why is she still continued on following with them despite she did nothing except whining herself that she wants to be with the Shinsengumi so badly…?

The arrogant Oni realized once more that the brunette's expression suddenly changed into disappointing, guilty, and much more feeling down than before. He hadn't noticed until now that his words hurting her feelings.

Before he spoke, Chizuru said it first:

"I think I should go and find the Shinsengumi by myself."

"..What?"

Kazama looked at her in disbelief, shocked and surprised of what the brunette said just now. Her tone was very soft, yet there's a very hidden of sadness and heartbroken in there. Despite there aren't any tears on her face, yet he can tell that she was in sorrow right now.

Without any replying, Chizuru continued once more:

"I've been meaning to find the Shinsengumi on my own now. I don't think I should've relying you and Amagiri-san anymore because..," her words suddenly trailed off, as she realized that if she continued to finish it, she ended up crying pathetically. Choking up her tears away, it took a moment then she continued to speak once more, "B-Because.. I'll end up getting on your way in the end…"

Looking down on the grass once more, she didn't want to see his gorgeous face and didn't want to know what he thought about her of leaving them. What's even point she'd still continuing to follow them even though she had nothing to do in return, anyway? She definitely sure that once she's able to reunite with the Shinsengumi, she would've forgetting him already and never felt thankful for him at all.

It took a while then Kazama replied, "Do you have plans?"

"What?"

Chizuru finally faced to the arrogant Oni and looked at him in perplexed of his sudden question.

"Do you have any plans to find the Shinsengumi? Do you even know where their whereabouts?"

"Well, that is.."

It's true. She didn't thought of that since the beginning before. She had told herself that she's ready to leave them if Kazama gave her a permission to go find the Shinsengumi alone.

If the arrogant Oni finally let her do whatever she wanted, how would she start to go and find Hijikata and the others then? It's obviously that she wasn't good on finding the information like Kazama and Amagiri. Nor she's good on taking down the soldiers if she goes there on her own..

She wanted to stay with them, but she can't relying on Kazama and Amagiri too much anymore..

Awkward silent came once more, Chizuru couldn't able to find any answer for the arrogant Oni, so Kazama spoke then:

"Don't leave then."

"Wh-what?"

"Just because you've been grieving over Kodou's death, that doesn't mean you're annoyed us all. Just because you have nothing to do except following us, that doesn't mean you're useless. And just because you've been relying on us too much, that doesn't mean you need to find the Shinsengumi on your own this time."

Chizuru remaining silent, wordless to say to the arrogant Oni, so Kazama continued once more:

"You can follow with us until the end."

"B-But I…," she stuttered. "I'm useless.. I have nothing to do for you.. y-you've been helping me for so many times and I can't find a way to return just how much thankful I am for you.."

As she said that, his crimson-blood orbs looked elsewhere then. "If it wasn't for you, Kodou would've completed his dream already."

"Eh?"

"If you hadn't been along with us, Kodou would've gone to the next city to find you and creating some more strong fake demons. What's worst, he would end up controlling the city where it filled of abominations and fake demons already."

"W-Well…"

What he said just now was right. After all, Chizuru did return back to her house just to get some more money and some supplies before they left Edo. But as she went there, she was slightly surprised that she finally found her father, a person that she's been looking for the whole time. Despite how happy she was seeing him again, her gentle and kind father suddenly disappeared and showed his real nature, where he intended to burn down the Edo after all the humans had killed all the members of the Yukimura family.

It hurts so much that she failed to save him from his demise fate. As much as how she didn't want to accept of what her father chose the path, yet it's already happened in the end. Kodou's fate couldn't able to escape it no matter how she begged him not to burn down the Edo.

Chizuru finally returned back to the reality as she could felt her chin began to get grip by a familiar finger, her head suddenly raised up and meeting the crimson-bloody orbs. She realized now that there is another reason why he wants her to continue to follow him. Not just he intended to hurt the Shinsengumi on purpose while letting her watching them in suffered. He wants her to continue following with him because.. he wants to make sure she'll able to reunite with the Shinsengumi in safely. The brunette remembered when Kodou was almost caught her but Kazama suddenly appeared in her house out of nowhere. It was confusing her why would the Demon of the West clan came to her house at first. Her first thought that maybe he was worried about her. But it was really impossible at first. Was it true that he really worried about her safety..?

He's been quite worried about you for a whole time.

As those words whispered in her head for multiple times now, she finally realized that this man in front of her has always cared for her. Seeing how much he tried to comfort her when she almost fell into sorrow of the death of Kodou, and letting her buried her father's remaining ashes someplace more safely than letting it blown away.

There are a lot of things she didn't know much about him. And she wanted to know of him more on the future journey then..

Finally, Chizuru nodded in agreement, continued on following them even if she'd still calls herself nothing but useless, once again, they watched the night sky for the last time before they return back to the camp.

"Come, it'll be best for you return back to sleep."

"Y-Yes…"

At that, Kazama held Chizuru's hand very gently, took her back to the camp. It didn't take any long they finally arrived back to the tent, it's also relief a little that Amagiri hadn't woke up, if he had, there's no doubt that Amagiri would've lecturing both of them for a whole night until dawn.

Once Chizuru went into her sleeping bag, she stared at Kazama, who still stood in front of the tent. Kneeling down on the ground, Kazama began to speak:

"Sleep well, we need to get going in early dawn." His tone was very gentle and it somehow relaxing her to get some sleeps somehow. The brunette nodded slightly, as Kazama about to stand up to keep an eye on the camp, she suddenly followed her instinct by holding his sleeve, which he stopped in confused.

"Can.. can you stay here for a moment? I mean, sleep next to me?"

At that, his crimson-bloody orbs suddenly widen in shocked because of the last member of Yukimura's command.

"It somehow feels comfortable if you stay here with me..," she murmured a little, faced away from those beautiful ruby eyes. "You.. you don't have to do it if you don't want it to. I.. I know that you won't come closer to me until I'll become your wife and.." Chizuru trailed off, embarrassed to say anymore.

And it took a while then Kazama replied by his usual playful smirk, in which she returned to face him, and it shocked her a little because of the arrogant Oni's answer:

"Alright. But don't blame me if I accidently attacking you."

She wasn't sure whether Kazama was joking her in sarcastically way or was he telling her the truth, but she lets him come closer to the sleeping bag. The moment Kazama was very close to her, she didn't know until now that Kazama was definitely a very gorgeous man. With those beautiful crimson-bloody orbs that shine on the Moon, a very soft hair like a silk that she somehow had a desire to stroke down on it playfully, and of course, she wouldn't forget of his voice. She could felt her spines began to shiver every time he called her 'My wife'. As much as it annoyed her a little that she had told him for numerous times that she's not going to become his wife no matter what, yet there's no doubt that Kazama would listen to her…

Slowly, Chizuru snuggling around him, feeling much more comfortable to sleep once more although she never intended to get close to him, but it somehow just followed her instinct in the end. She could've sworn Kazama was smirking again, yet she ignored it as she could hear the arrogant Oni breathing slowly on her hair, and he could smell lavender on her hair.

It took a moment then, Chizuru finally fell asleep in soundly, leaving the tent slowly and quietly, making sure the girl won't woke up from her dream and returned back to lighten up the fire, to keep an eye on the camp.

Well it wasn't that bad trying to find the Shinsengumi that long, right?


A/N: There you go guys. Before you want to complain anything, you might as well checking the Warning first. Anyway, so, here it is, the first chapter of Cataclysm of Nights. This is mainly focus between Kazama and Chizuru altho sometimes I added Amagiri too because I just love that guy so much XD Alright, enough of my babbling and hope you'll waiting for the second chapter ;D