Theme Song: You by Kang Seung Yoon (Love for a Thousand Years OST)
(Okita Souko's POV)
I sighed and watched my breath form in the cold air on an early April morning.
It was a new day. Not a cloud in sight. The breeze was cool. Not a thing had gone wrong since I woke up. I was completely bored.
Did the criminals taking a day off today?
In my aimless wandering, my legs had taken me to a familiar bridge overlooking a wide river. While in the middle of crossing the bridge, I noticed that I wasn't alone. There was a tall figure in the distance. Before I could take a better look at the person, a strong gust of wind brought forth a mass of cherry blossom petals causing my eyes to close on reflex.
With my lids half open, I peeked through the swirl of pink petals and spotted a haughty pair of blue irises as deep as the ocean.
That's strange. Why do those eyes seem so familiar?
I turned around to catch sight of the rest of the figure, but the person was long gone.
Was that a ghost?
My head started to ache as I tried to recall where I've seen those eyes before. I recognized this pain. It was the same dull pain I felt when I wake up in the middle of the night with fragments of the memories from my previous life.
I was a man in my previous life. I also knew that I lived until I was in my late twenties when a mass intergalactic war broke out. Of which, I was one of the many casualties in the Shinsengumi. I even remember being held in the arms of a woman during my last moments and feeling their tears stain my cheeks. I could clearly recall how my heart broke into pieces when I looked at the weeping figure's face. The most unfortunate part was that when I finally promised my future to this person, I wasn't even give a chance keep it.
Even if I wanted to find this person in my current life, I had no idea if they were also reborn in the same world or even, how they looked like. I could never see the lady's face, clothes or even hear their voice no matter how many times I've dreamt of that moment. Earlier memories were the same. They always left out any distinguishing feature of that person.
It was like trying to find the missing piece of a puzzle, but not knowing where to start. The thought often drove me mad and unfortunately, I could never consult with anyone about the matter without being labeled as mentally ill.
But before my last breath in this life could pass, I swear I'll find her.
Several Notes:
1) This prologue has been updated as of Feb 6, 2018 because I finally decided to find that darn anomaly in this story-which occurred because I never officially set how much of Souko's memories remained when she was Sougo. Sorry for being lazy, lol.
2) Finding said anomaly means that I get to fix the inconsistencies in the following chapters. Sigh. I just made more work for myself. I can't fix it all at once so the chapters will be weird for awhile. Not sure how long it'll take with my midterms right now.
3) Characters will be slightly OOC. I tried to keep parts of Sougo and Kagura's personalities but they don't have all of their memories. As for the other characters, they'll likely be OOC because I haven't read/watched Gintama in about a year. Lol. Too busy these days.
4) Not really important. But this story was heavily influenced by Memory Lost, a Chinese romance-mystery novel by Ding Mo. Freaking beautiful story. If y'all haven't read it, you're missing out. There's also the drama. I freaking love Xu Si Bai.