I know two new stories in one day what the hell have I been doing.
But I've been wirting these stories along with updating my other stories and this story and my last have had 2 or more chapters finished just sitting around for a while now so I really wanted to post them and see what you guys think.
If you have ever watched Hakouki (demon of the fleeting blossom or any of the other seasons) then you will have a better feel for some of the characters.
If no I have done a pretty good job at depicting the characters in this chapter.
But I came up with this story because I love Hakouki and all its yumy reverse harm goodness and all the action, blood and demons! How could I not wirte a cross over for it, expeically since there arent that many out there.
Well I will stop rambling so we can get started,
Here it is the first chapter of, Demon of the Fleeting Cherry Blossom
A cloaked figure stumbled through the almost deserted streets of Kyoto, the figure beneath the cloak was a woman, not that anyone could tell. The cloak covered any features that would give her away as a female, and her hood was up so that no one could see her face. No one would believe a woman would walk around the streets alone at night so to everyone she looked like a drunken man heading home. This was in fact far from the truth, the woman had been traveling for a week, the last three days she had not slept in fear of being caught and had barley had anything to eat or drink because of her lack of previsions. On Her back was a small pack that held everything she owned, it was not much just the necessities, that's all she was able to get away with.
"Kondou... I have to find Kondou-san..." The woman thought as she stumbled once more. She had been told that Kondou had moved from his Doujo in Edou to come to the captial in Kyoto by a kind elder woman. She had just arrived in Kyoto today and had been wondering around the town since then. She had yet to find any clues as to where to man might be, although even if she had found something, it was possible she was too exhausted to even know what she had found. The woman lifted her head to see where she had wondered too, it looked like a compound of some wort but her vision was starting to blur. She bowed her head back down unable hold it up any longer. She had no clue where her feet were carrying her until she bumped into something hard.
"Hey watch where your going!" a masculine voice boomed from in front of the woman, she stiffened she was not equipped to deal with any men, she was too weak at the moment. She stumbled once again backing away from the man she had bumped into and looked up only to notice there were three men standing in front of her. Two of them were extremely taller than her and looked to be a few years older than herself, while the third was shorter but still quite taller than her and looked a few years younger. She stiffened once again, this was bad she needed to apologize. "I'm...I'm sorry..." She breathed out, finding it to be a daunting task to hold herself up any longer.
She bowed low to the three men hoping that they would let her go but the next thing she heard made her regret talking at all. "Hold on what is a woman doing out at night, alone?" She looked up to see it was the taller of the three men that had spoke, he had long auburn colored hair pulled back in a low pony tail and sharp golden eye. But what caught her off guard was the gentleness in his eyes, there was no sign that told her he meant to harm to her in any way. She didn't know what to do but her body wasn't going to allow her to run so she stood there, debating on if she should tell them what she was doing. Maybe they knew Kondou, she really didn't have much luck just searching the town.
"I am... Looking for a man... named Kondou... Isami Kondou..." she whispered, she felt her strength leaving her, with no food or clean water for days it was really starting to take a toll on her. She looked up at the men and noticed that she could no longer make out what their faces looked like. she could tell she wasn't going to be able to stay conscious for much longer. Her legs started to shake under the pressure of her body weight. "What is it you want with Kondou?" The second tallest man asked but it sounded like a far off echo to the woman. She started to sway back and forth trying to stay on her feet, but as the inevitable came crashing down on her she started to fall to the ground.
She waited for her face to hit the ground but found that she seemed to stop mid fall. She looked up to see soft golden eyes, and that was the last thing she saw before she blacked out
The woman felt the light touch of the suns rays shinning in on her face, she grumbled slightly not wanting to wake up. She tried to turn to face the opposite way of the sun but found that she couldn't move. This brought a wave a panic over her body and her eye instantly opened, ignoring the violent rays of the sun as they shined in her eyes. She tried to sit up but found the task to be too difficult for her recovering body and just opted to looking down at her hands and legs. The panic in her increased when she saw that her hands and feet were tied and not only that but her sword was no longer at her side. She tried to take a deep breath to calm herself down, she had to get out of where ever she was.
She looked around the room, it looked like a traditional style room, with sliding paper doors and wooden floors. The room wasn't that big, just big enough to fit the tatami mat she was laying on and maybe a few other things. 'Calm down... if they were going to kill me they would have done so already...' The woman thought to herself, logic finally filling her brain. But her moment of calmness was short lived as she remembered something important. Her bond hands quickly went up to her head, she let out a sigh of relief when she noticed her hood was still up and covering her head. 'That was close...' she thought to herself once again. She started to try and asses the situation when she heard footsteps coming her way.
Her body froze, she didn't know what to do, she was at the mercy of whoever it was that had brought her to this place. Her mind was racing a mile a minute when the sliding door to her room opened to reveal a man. She looked up at the man that had entered her room, he was tall, and had shoulder length black hair, and round circle sharped glasses. She flinched as he approached her, a knife his hand, she closed her eyes thinking he would take a stab at her. But when she felt no such pain she opened her eyes to see he was cutting the rope that bond her hands and feet. Once she was free The woman slowly sat up, rubbing her sore wrists.
"Come with me please." The man said his voice was soft and gentle but the woman hesitated for a moment, this was one of the men that had tied her up, she had no clue what he was going to do with her. She nodded none the less, knowing there was nothing else she could do and fallowed the tall man as he lead her through what looked like a large compound. It didn't take long before he lead her to a large room that was filled with 7 men, making her halt in her steps. She didn't like this, she was out numbered and all the men in the room seemed quite skilled by the look of their body types. On top of this she was still weak, from not having any food or water. She stood there staring at the men before a man that sat at the end of the room spoke, "Sit my dear." His voice was gentle and soft and his eyes looked sincere but she still did not feel comfortable around so many men. The men were lined up on either side of the room, four on one side and three on the other making an isle in the middle. The man who had brought her here gestured for her to sit in the middle of the isle before walking to the end of the isle and sitting down himself. The woman remained standing, unable to shake the uneasiness she felt in the room. "What is your name child?" the man who had spoken before said grabbing the woman's attention.
"My name... Is Sakura... Sakura Haruno..." She said not looking at anyone in the room.
"My name is Kondou, Harada here tells me you have been looking for me." The man said making Sakura look up at the man who had spoken, he had short black hair just long enough to pull half of it back and he had black charcol eyes. Sakura straightened up, this is who she had been sent to find! She then looked toward the man that Kondou had spoken of and noticed it was one of the men she had bumped into the night before. Sakura turned to Kondou simply nodding her head before sitting down, she had to stop herself from shaking from her nerves. She did not have good experience with people and especially not so many people in one place. Kondou sighed it was normal for a woman to feel unsafe in an unfamiliar environment with so many men but he felt it was necessary. "Would you mind removing your hood Sakura" Kondou asked making Sakura stiffen.
His face had been gentle but all Sakura felt while staring at him was panic, her hands raised to her hood and pulled it tighter to her head. "I feel you will not listen once I remove this hood." Sakura's voice was soft and seemed to shake slightly but her body remained still. The men in the room gave her a questioning look as she continued to hold the hood tightly to her head. "I will not speak with someone who will not show me their face." Kondou said not backing down from his request, if he could not see her face then he could not take anything she said to face value, literally. Sakura took a deep breath she could tell that he wasn't going to back down from this and she understood she would not trust herself either. But this was a sensitive situation.
Taking another deep breath Sakura gripped the edges of her hood so tightly her knuckles turned white. Slowly she pulled the hood aside, long pink locks of hair fell over her shoulders and down to the the floor. Her pale skin had splotches of dirt on it, dark lashes framed jade colored eyes. The men in the room gasped but it was not due to the gentle beauty her face held, it was due to the pink fox ears the lay on top of her head. Finding no need for the cloak any longer, Sakura discarded it and lay it on the floor next to her. The men in the room gasped again when they saw a pink tail with a white tip poking out of a hole in her old worn looking yakata. Sakura's ears folded down so that they lay flat on her head and her tail pulled closer to her. She knew this would happen, once they saw what she looked like, now she knew they would kick her out and want nothing to do with her if they were nice that is. She didn't know why she had fooled herself into thinking that they would never find out. "I will just leave..." Sakura whispered her voice shaking as she started to stand up but stopped once Kondou spoke, "Mrs. Haruno, you came here to speak with me, you very well can't do that if you leave." Kondou said the look on his face was gentle but still held shock The only thing Sakura could think of was, this man must be a kind soul to not just throw her out right then and there. She fell back onto her knees and bowed her head so far down that it touch the floor and even then it looked as if she wanted to bow further. "Thank you..." Sakura whispered, looking up at Kondou she could almost see the man she thought of as a father in him. That brought a sharp pain to her chest still remembering the night she had fled.
There was a long pause of silence but Sakrua could feel the looks of the other men on her, she looked toward Kondou once more. "I am as you can see, a demon..." Sakura started off, she thought it was best to explain her appearance but thought different when the room filled with noise once more. "That is impossible, demons do not exist." The dark haired man that in the front to the right of Kondou said looking at Sakura with disbelief. Sakura's ears matted to her head once more as she looked down at the ground. "Yet here I am before you... Your eyes do not deceive you..."'But I wish they did...' Sakura continued to herself, she hated what she was, her ears and tail had done nothing but bring her pain and suffering and she wished she could be ride of them.
The men in the room seemed to have nothing else to say against her claim of being a demon, although they all seemed weary of her still. "I was sent here by Akio Etsu." She began once more skipping right to the point, she noticed the Kondou seemed surprised by her statement. Akio had told her that Kondou was an old friend of his back when he had studied at the mans dojou but they had not been in contact for a long while. "About a week ago the villagers in the town we lived in banned together and raided Akio's doujo in an attempt to get ride of me..." Sakura paused remembering the even like she had just left today, she had to push back the tears that threatened to gather in her eyes. Kondou was giving the girl his full attention but he couldn't help the words from falling from his mouth next. "Is Akio alright?" Kondou asked seeming truly concerned. Some of the other men in the room also seemed concerned most of them had trained with Akio when they were younger.
Sakura tried to stop from trembling as she reached into her Yakata and pulling out a letter and handed it to Kondou, he noticed her hands were trembling as she passed on the letter. The man slowly opened it and began to read its contents.
My dear Friend Kondou,
If you are reading this then that means I am most likely dead. I have sent a young girl named Sakrua to you for your help. I can only imagine the look on your face when you see her ears and tail, old friend. Yes, this girl is a demon but make no mistake Kondou she is no threat to you unless you make her your enemy.
I know this is asking a lot of you my friend, but as it is my dying wish I hope you see it through. This young girl has endured so much hardship in her life, she had been on her own for 9 years since her mother was killed by villagers a few villages over. She collapsed in front of my Doujo when she was 13, starved and beaten, I thought of turning her away but when she woke she jumped to her knees and bowed before me apologizing like she had done something terribly wrong. Kondou You know I'm not a strong enough man to turn away a helpless child no matter what they are.
And so I took Sakura in and raised her, I learned early on that she possessed tremendous healing abilities. Like you will be I was astonished by these abilities. I have taught her rigorously in the sword arts, and I must say she has tremendous talent. As you know I do not give out compliments kindly so I know this girl will not be a hindrance to you in any way, on the contrary she will help you in many ways.
I know it is a lot for me to ask of you to take in a demon, even with her talents, but I beg of you my friend to take care of her. She has had nothing but misfortune in her life, the villagers here have wanted her dead for years and I can't imagine it was any different before she came here. She truly has a pure heart Kondou, you will never meet anyone more loyal and trustworthy in your ranks. If you give her just an inch she will give you miles and miles and still keep going.
I wanted nothing more in my life than to give such a kind soul a good life and I failed. Please my friend, I'm asking you to give her the life I couldn't, give her some happiness, she deserves it. You wont regret it, she will be loyal to you and the other men till the end, I swear it on my own grave.
Last regards ,
Akio Etsu.
"Akio is dead..." Kondou said quietly grabbing the attention of all the men in the room, the man with dark hair next to Kondou grabbed the letter and began to read it himself not believing what he had heard.
"Akio told me to flea... I resisted his demand but he told me to go or he would commit sepaku if I didn't... He said to find Kondou-san, and that he would help me... ..." Sakura finished trembling visibly, her voice cracking, she sounded like she was trying to give reason to why she had left. She felt tears gather in her eyes so she bowed her head and she tried to keep them at bay. She would not cry in front of these strangers, she had kept her explanation short and to the point like she told herself she would but now she needed to hold her emotions at bay. Keeping her face from showing her sadness she looked up at Kondou who seemed to have a sad look on his face, most likely from hearing the news about his friend. No one in the room spoke and Sakura was starting to think that they might kick her out even after her explanation.
"I won't be an inconvenience to you! I am skilled with a sword and have medical skills to offer!" The panic apparent in her voice as she stared at Kondou telling him exactly what they letter had told him. It looked like she was about to get a response when one of the other men in the room spoke first, "Even if you say so you are just a woman, what could you do to help us." Said a man with almost the same hair style as Kondou, except his hair was longer and more of an reddish, brunette color. He had a playful grin on his face, but Sakura took it more as him saying she was not needed there. Sakura slowly pulled a kunai out of the sleeve of her Yakata, making the men in the room stare in surprise once more, not only from the fact that she was able to hide the kunai so well but also that she had a weapon hidden in case things went bad for her. 'She's smart.' Thought one of the men with long violet hair tied to the side.
But the men were shocked once again when Sakura pulled up the sleeve to her yakata and put the blade to her forearm, making a cut deep enough that blood intimidatingly came flowing out. She felt someone approach her from behind, she looked up when the man from the night before grabbed her arm. He pulled her arm up so that he could see the wound she had inflected on herself. "There is no need to inflict physical pain upon yourself." The man said his eyes stern but there was something else... Concern? 'No it couldn't be...' She thought pulling her arm away from the man. She didn't say a word to him or anyone else in the room, there was no need for words, her actions would be explained in moments.
Sakura lifted her right hand (opposite to the arm that she had cut) and placed her hand over her wound and closed her eyes in concentration. Slowly a green light emitted from her hand and surrounded the wound on her arm. This time there was no sound to indicate the men's surprise like before, their eyes stared as the wound the young girl had inflicted on herself started to heal. No one spoke and no sounds were made as the men watched in true astonishment. Minutes later the green glow faded and Sakura lifted her arm to reveal that there wasn't so much as a scar left to even indicate she had been injured. "She's no demon... to have such power... she must be an angle..." The man that had grabbed her arm earlier whispered breathlessly. Sakura figured he had meant for no one to hear it but her ears were so sensitive that she easily caught his words as he said them. Tears welled in her eyes and she wanted to throw her arms around the man for saying such words of kindness, even if she wasn't meant to hear them. But she restrained herself not wanting to surprise the man or embarrass herself.
Instead she turned her attention back to Kondou as he spoke, "Where did you learn something like that...?" He too seemed like he was asking himself but Sakura felt the need to answer his question anyway. "I've known how to do this ever since I can remember, my mother taught me before..." She didn't finish her sentence, these men didn't need to know her life story and she wasn't going to just tell them for the hell of it either. The room was quite once more but all eyes were on her and she was starting to feel uncomfortable. Sakrua looked down at her hands in her lap waiting for someone to say something.
"How?" A soft voice came from in front of Sakura, she looked up to see it was the man with glasses who had spoken. She felt some relief that someone had finally said something, making her nerve come back to her. "My mother had told me that something called Chakra is present in all living things, but demons such as myself are able to harness this Chakra and use it for many different things, such as healing." Sakura said trying to give a shortened explanation of what her mother had taught her over 18 years ago. She hoped that she had made some sense of how the healing process worked but she wasn't for sure if she did or not.
"If I am understanding you correctly, your talking about the Chakra pathways within the body that help keep the body balanced?" A man with violet long hair pulled to the side said looking at Sakura for confirmation, Sakura simply nodded her head happy someone understood her vague description. The men in the room all seemed to be contemplating something, Sakura took this time to really look at all the people in the room.
Starting at the left side of the room, first was a boy that looked about 16 or 17(Heisuke Toudou). He was one of the men she had bumped into the night before. Sitting down Sakura could tell he was taller than herself by about a little more than half a head. He had long brunette hair that was tired up in a high ponytail and reached about his mid-back. His bangs were left in front of his face which was still very boyish, revealing his actual age. His eyes were an ocean blue color and shinned with ambition. He wore a less traditional sleeveless yellow shirt that that cut low so it exposed his chest and ended about mid-thigh. He had a red and black sash wrapped around his waist, his pants were black and tight and ended mid calf.
Next was the man that had been the first to understand when Sakura had explained chakra to the men. (Saitou Hajime) He was a little taller than the boy he was sitting next to but also seemed to be older, possibly a year or two younger than Sakura, maybe about 20-21. He had long violet-black colored hair that fell into his face covering most of his right eye even though it was pulled into a low ponytail to the side. His face seemed very serious and his dark blue eyes were just as sharp. He wore a black traditional men's Yakata and and white scarf wrapped around his neck.
(Okita Souji) Next to him was a man that looked about Sakrua's age (22). He was the tallest out of everyone on the left side of the room and had medium length, dull reddish brown hair that was half pulled back. He had a sly look on his face, making him look like he was up to something and his emerald green eyes held a devious nature to them. He wore a black traditional top and a dull red, lose rob over it, with green hakama as pants. His legs were tapped from his ankle to just below his knee.
At the front of the room to Kondou's left was a man that looked to be about 27-28 (sannan Keisuke). He was the man that had brought her to this room, he had should length black hair. And warm brown eyes, with large around glasses. He seemed to be about as tall as the tallest man to the left.
Next was Kondou, he looked like he was in his early 30's, maybe about 31 or 32. He had short black hair that was half pulled back while the other half was spiked up in the front. His angular face exposed his age and his charcoal colored eyes held wisdom and strength but also gentleness. He wore a traditional blue and tan Shikahkusho with a black rob over it. He was probably in the middle when it came to height out of the other men in the room.
To the right of Kondou was the definition of a tall dark and mysterious man (Hijikata Toshizo). He looked to be about 27-28, he had long raven black hair that was pulled back into a ponytail where his bangs fell in front of his face. His eyes were a piercing violet color that seemed to look right though Sakura. His face seemed cold and indifferent, but something told her that he wasn't completely as cold as he was trying to let on. He seemed to be of average height when compared to the other men in the room and he also wore a traditional Shihakusho.
Next to Mr. tall, dark and mysterious was a much taller man around the age of 25-26 (Shinpachi Nagakurra). He had short brunette hair that was spiked out in a wild fashion, he had a green bandanna tied around his forehead. His ice blue eyes gave his face the least serious look, giving him an almost happy disposition. He wore a violet top that exposed most of his chest and stomach with a white rob on top with white hakama pants.
Lastly the man that would be sitting next to the happier man of the group but was still sitting very close to Sakura (Harada Sanosuke). He looked like he was about 25-26 years old and probably the tallest man out of the group. He had long, dark auburn colored hair that was pulled back at the nape of his neck. His sharp golden eyes seemed to have a gentle softness to them. He wore a white half shirt with red trimming that was left completely open and ended just below his chest. His stomach, forearms and hands were wrapped with white and red tap, and he wore lose fitting grey pants. Sakura was starting to become a little wary of how close he was sitting next to her now that she was looking at him.
It was then that Kondou began to talk once more. "I will allow you to join us here as a member of the Roshigumi." Kondou said surprising everyone in the room including Sakura, she had thought for sure that he would turn her away.
Although Hijikata did not seem to be taking it very well. "Sir, how can you trust this girl, especially after knowing she is a demon." Hijikata questioned, normally he wouldn't question Kondou but this was something different and completely out of what he considered normal. Some of the other captains seemed to have the same thought process as Hijikata. It was strange to have someone they know nothing about just join the Roshigumi. Sakura's ears matted to her head once again, at what the dark haired man had said.
"Kondou, I have to agree with Hijikata. We don't know anything about this girl." Sannan said looking at his commander with a look that said he was very confused by this decision. Kondou let out a loud breath that he didn't know he had been holding, he knew his men would react like this, and they were right, he shouldn't trust this girl or take her claims as the truth under normal circumstances. But with the letter from Akio that un-doubtingly held his handwriting he felt he had no choice but to believe the girl.
"Normally I would put her under heavy watch for months before actually letting her do anything around here... But with this letter, I have no other choice but to believe this girl." Kondou said gesturing to the letter. The men gave Kondou more questioning looks, asking mentally how a piece of paper should allow this strange girl to enter the newly formed Roshigumi. "This is a letter from Akio Etsu, and it is his dying wish that we take this girl in." Kondou said explaining their unvoiced question. Akio was an old friend of everyone's. They had all trained together at Kondou's old dojou and had become good friends before Akio had left to start a dojou of his own.
Kondou held sadness in his eye as he looked at the letter, it was hard for him to believe that his good friend was gone, he had not seen him in years and now he would never see him again. Kondou looked up at the other men in the room they all seemed to have the same look of thought on their faces, Akio was a trustworthy man.
"I plan on fallowing through with Akio's last wish." Kondou said with a stern voice, and this time no one opposed him. Sakura felt like a large weight had been lifted off her shoulders, if they had turned her awayWell she would have had no where to go. Without wasting a second Sakura bent her head down so fast that her head hit the floor with a bang. Bowing she whispered her gratitude to the man that had saved her from a life of living on the streets.
"Lift your head child." Kondou said making Sakura twitch a bit, she hated being called a child, she was 22, well over the age to be considered a woman. But she said nothing and lifted her head to look at the man in front of her. "There are some things we need to discuss." Kondou seemed to become a little more serious and Sakura straightened her back, giving Kondou her full attention.
"I believe it would be best if you covered your ears and tail when walking around the outside of the compound." Kondou started, Sakura gave him a nod understanding what he was saying, if anyone was to see her ears or tail they would definitely not take too kindly to her, she had already experienced this first hand. She had no problem covering her ears and tail in front of people, although it was uncomfortable she knew it was necessary. "You know Kondou, if Serizawa finds out that you let a girl into our ranks hes bound to have a field day." Souji said giving another mischievous look toward Sakura. Kondou nodded, Serizawa was not known for his kindness and they were quite lucky he was away from the compound at the moment.
"Then you should stay on the west side of the compound Sakura, I would also like you to stay within the compound for a while. At least until I see that you are fit to go out on your own or on rounds. Until then I would like you to stay here as the Roshigumi's medic." Kondou finished, although Sakura and Akio had both stated that Sakura had sword skills he was not yet willing to let a woman go out on patrol, especially with how new the Roshigumi was. Sakura nodded she understood that she was going to be limited to what she could do for a while. It was only natural, she was just happy that she wasn't going to be kicked out onto the streets.
"Thank you very much." Sakura said before bowing once again.
So what did you think?
I love Hakouki demon of the fleeting blossom and I was like dang Sakrua should get in on this reverse harem yumyness!
Well let me know what you thought, 10 reviews till the next chapter (to start off )
Untill next time
MidnightShadow0110
P.S. I have already written the next few chapters for this story so once 10 reviews are out the next chapter shall go up!