Was gonna post this yesterday but there was a power outage bcuz of an earthquake. News said that it may last for a week . so... Ill probably update nxt week...anyway, another short chapter.

Disclaimer: KHR is not mine

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Chapter 1

He woke up again.

That's… unexpected.

After making sure that there's no dangerous presence within the vicinity, he slowly opened his eyes, taking in the new environment he found himself in. Its… pink.

He took in the pink walls, pink curtain, pink door and the pink bed that he's currently lying in before letting out a string of curses in Italian before jumping off the bed like it's on fire and instead of landing on his feet like he normal does, he landed on his chin.

He stayed on the floor for a while, too stunned to even move, because landing like that actually hurt, and because of the mirror a few feet away from him, or the image shown in the mirror.

A tiny orange flame trapped inside a golden cage flickered.

He saw a little girl, around 9 years old clad in pink pajamas with wild brown hair and a very familiar amber eyes. He would have thought that he's staring at his own daughter if not for the eyes.

The tiny flame surge, growing larger and larger until it filled the whole cage.

Those eyes are a big dead away. He saw those eyes every day, though the shape is quite different, the color and the familiar flame that dances within those iris stays exactly the same. It's his eyes.

The monstrous flame burned stronger, brighter, and purer. The cage shows strains, various cracks appearing on its golden walls.

With bated breath he slowly turned his eyes to his own hands, numbly staring at the pudgy white limb, a world different to the large wrinkled hand he's used to seeing. He doesn't have the courage to continue. And he have a very strong impulse to let out something that was trained, beaten out of him by his tutor. Unfortunately, it seems that this body have no such control.

And slowly, the golden cage disintegrated.

"HEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

And Sawada Tsunayoshi, now female, exploded.

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The people of the sleepy Namimori stared at the burning house with the local fire fighters trying to control the fire. It's an unusual sight for the normal peaceful town but none of them put the incident to mind. After all, it's a nice day.

Sawada Nana stared worriedly at their house, then at the little girl who's frantically mumbling something which suspiciously sounds like the Italian, by her side. The fire was extremely unexpected. She was cooking at that time, preparing breakfast for her child when she suddenly heard a loud explosion. Before she even had time to react, she felt her hand being tugged by something and in seconds, she's outside the house, watching the fire swallowing the second floor. Nana once again stared at her child, who's now covering her head with her arms, and, is she whimpering?

Her heart broke at the sound, and immediately hugged the child. Her little Tsu-chan let out a squeal in surprise, pushing at the arms that caught her captive. Nana immediately felt that something… different about her child, those big orange eyes stared at her in surprise and bewilderment.

"… Mama?" the child in her arms called out hesitantly, and Nana visibly restrained herself from squealing at the adorableness that is Tsunayoshi. She reluctantly let the child go, now noticing the various burn marks on her clothes. Nana's heart almost stopped. Still keeping her smile, she examined her only child, heart finally calming down now that there aren't wounds on the surface. She performed each actions naturally that even the hyper intuition of a certain mafia boss failed to pick up anything.

"Are you alright Tsu-chan? Did you got hurt anywhere?" She already checked but it still didn't stop the worried mother from asking anyway.

The child shook her head, smiling reassuringly at Nana. "I'm alright, Mama."

A strange look passed by the woman's eyes, unnoticed by the child in front of her. Her Tsu-chan is definitely acting different. There was no fear on her face, she also stood straighter, chin lifted higher, smile bigger and most of all, her eyes. They are no longer timid, sure the caution is still there but it's a different one, something that even she can't recognize. Most of all, confidence which disappeared long ago is there, together with a determination and… will.

For a second, shock flashed across her face before in disappeared and Nana's eyes burned.

She would recognize that anywhere, the familiar heat, the aura, and the flame that danced behind her daughter's orange irises.

And suddenly, everything makes sense. The fire, the speed of the blur that dragged her outside, the burn marks on her Tsu-chan's clothes and the absence of injuries.

Nana cried, once again scoping her darling daughter at crying on her tiny shoulders. The guilt, anguish, helplessness, and worthlessness as a mother that burdened her since that fateful day disappeared, burned away together with their house. And Nana, she found that nothing else matter in this world right now other than her daughter.

Her precious daughter that finally had her flames unsealed.

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Tsunayoshi is left totally unprepared by the tears of his mother, patting her back reassuringly and furiously thinking what set his mother off.

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