Yamabuki Otome, the beautiful and tragic fated Flower Youkai, has laid herself down beneath the shadow of eternal sleep,...but eternity seems to be eluding her, and someone, or something, has a different plan for her in mind.
~Yamabuki Otome...I have a question to ask you~
What is it?..who are you?...please, I'm tired...I just want to rest...
~It's not yet time for you to rest in my realm of eternity child~
Why are you asking me this?... Who are you?...
~Who I am is of no concern to you,...but what I want to ask you will determined whether you will be able to sleep in my eternal realm, or walk back through a different path than the ones you tread before~
Wha...what is it that you want to ask of me?...please just let me sleep, I'm so tired...
~Poor child, if you were given a choice to do things differently with your precious Rihan, will you do it?~
Do things differently?...
~Listen to my question carefully little Flower Youkai,...if you knew what you know now back in the time when you first met him, will you still want to be his wife? Would you still agree to be by his side forever? or would you change everything, and let him go to be with another by his side?~
If..if I can undo things then, if I can do things differently at that time,...his happiness is everything to me,...then yes, yes...I will make a different choice, because I want him to have that precious gift,...which is beyond my ability to give him...
~Poor selfless child, then it is done...your path into my eternal realm will be deviated,...but remember child, some path will remain the same no matter what route you choose to tread...safe journey little Flower Youkai,...and tread this new path carefully~
Not long after that, the Flower Youkai known as Yamabuki Otome found herself back in time, to that fateful rainy day, when fate lead her to cross path with the great second commander of the Nura Clan,...the powerful Youkai known as Nura Rihan.
To be Continued...