Author's Note: I barely managed to keep my promise of finishing this story in December but due to a little accident (the family computer threw a tantrum, and my own computer really suck- it's a hand me down computer and it can't go on line. There is my sister's laptop but my pride refuse to let me ask her and use it. She is one of the many who treats her own laptop like a piece of china while she bangs on my computer on the rare occasions that she had to use my absolutely crap computer. Therefore, I have my pride). In the end, the desire of updating won, but I still kind of managed to keep my pride by using it without her knowing…(since my mum said that I could and I'm using if after she used it.) Yeah…the family computer's sickness causes a lot of problems in this house.

First of all, I got the following idea when I only read the first 5 manga, although I have heard some of the stuff that happened in the soon to be volume six. So basically at the time I read it there is no Urumiya, so I made my OC into Urumiya. So in order to actually not find my fan fiction to weird, you will have to ignore the fact that Urumiya is actually that assassin, in my story he really is just the assassin.

My story is called 'the flower of snow', originally I was going to use a Japanese title but decided that I better not as I don't really know Japanese. This is a Hikitsu x OC story, since I really like Hikitsu, as for why it is an OC story…eh…it just is. The OC is called Setsuka and she is actually Urumiya, but she refuses to accept the fact that she is a celestial warrior of Genbu, so she will be called Setsuka for most of the time. I admit that it is mainly due to the fact that I really like the name Setsuka. This is actually the same name as Sakurazuka Seishiro's mother, only that her name means snow glory while this Setsuka's name means show flower. There is an allusion to the title and the actual story should explain the meanings even more.

Basically she and Hikitsu (who she would call Emutato), are childhood sweethearts, but were separated for quite sometime, and she suffered being an outcast of their tribe due to being a celestial warrior of Genbu (which is what happened to Hikitsu). But anyway somehow she joins Takiko and the rest, only that she is not joining them as a celestial warrior of Genbu, and she and Hikitsu are now lovers (they are both twenty-one). One more piece of information: Setsuka's special power as a celestial warrior is the ability of writing out something with her blood, and summon the animal. (ie. If she use her blood to write wolf onto the ground, she can actually summon a wolf, which will obey he until it get unsummoned due to being killed, or when she release them.)

As this is a Hikitsu story with Setsuka in it, the order in which Takiko discovers the celestial warriors are changed to allow these two to have more time together and come out more. 1Uruki; 2Tomite; 3Namame; 4Hikitsu; 5Urumiya (Setsuka); 6Hatsui and 7Inami.

As this is only a preview I am going to do a footnote free extract (gasp gasp) and I just hope that it would make some sense. The story starts right after Takiko accepts Inami's challenge.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this. Genbu Kaiden is the work and creation of the very talented Watase Yuu.

Upon Takiko's agreement of fighting Inami without any interference, both Uruki and Tomite let out a cry of disbelieve, while Hatsui began to clutch onto Namame even tighter due to his increasing nervousness.

Hikitsu, however, continued to remain very calm, as his expression did not change at all. But Takiko felt that there was the faintest hint of approval on his face- the same emotion that she had seen when he observed how she gained Hatsui's trust.

He was not a man who allowed others to easily understand him, unlike the woman beside him: her emotions were always displayed openly onto her face, if they were not already performed or uttered out.

"I agree with that woman." Setsuka said as she released her hold on her sword. "A girl who constantly needs to be protected is not fit to be the protector of a whole kingdom."

Greatly maddened by what she just said, Uruki angrily turned to face the woman who was meant to be a celestial warrior of Genbu as well. He was also frustrated due to not being able to do anything for Takiko, so he wanted to lash out against someone.

Setsuka was the best target, even though she had been travelling with them for some time now. The elder woman still refused to acknowledge her fate as a celestial warrior, this was not unlike what many of them had been, but Uruki felt that there was a difference as she also possessed a personal vindictiveness towards Takiko: the priestess of Genbu. She was never rude or openly in-civilized on purpose, but her actions had cause Takiko to confess that she held little hope of persuading Setsuka to become Urumiya, as she was sure that the other was determined to hate her due to the pains she had experienced when her tribe discovered her to be a celestial warrior of Genbu.

"Perhaps what happened to you would have happened anyway." Uruki muttered to Setsuka viciously. "Surely those that you claim to have loved you so much could not have loved you that much, as they had been so willing to cast you out of the tribe!"

Her face immediately paled, and they had learnt that it was a sign of her being very angry, instead of only a bit maddened. Bracing himself, Uruki began to prepare for the slap or punch that he was sure would soon come. After all, she had already struck him at least once due to some accident that now seemed rather minor.

He was slapped very hard on the face, but it was not Setsuka who struck him.

It was Hikitsu.

Unlike the woman that he loves, Hikitsu rarely act on impulse. He usually managed to keep his emotions under some degree of control, and the only time they had seen him act very irrationally was the time when he started to tear at the flowers of snow due to the belief of Setsuka betraying the promise they had swore more then a decade ago. Even then, he had managed to politely ask them to excuse him before he almost broke down.

In order to cause him to instantly act on his impulse, Uruki realized that he must have said something that was very wrong.

"You…you go too far." Hikitsu hissed. "She…she does not…she does not deserve that." Then very quietly, he added. "Nor do I."

As his hand was still raised, it seemed quite possible for him to slap Uruki a second time. Tomite quickly grabbed Uruki in order to drag him away. He had become quite close with Hikitsu, and was able to accept the older man's rather strange mood, but now he was almost afraid of Hikitsu.

But Hikitsu's hand lowered as he used it to take off his eye patch in order to touch his right eye directly with his hand.

He felt as if his right eye was burning, a sign that something drastic was going to happen.

Meanwhile, Takiko was to win along with discovering who Inami really was.

"You might have won, priestess of Genbu," the woman who was the last celestial warrior of Genbu said very coldly. "but I have no intention of accompanying a spoilt brat like you!"

Saying so, her hair began to grow and circle itself around all of them. Some of them managed to react fast enough by raising their hands to prevent it from being tied around their body by the hair, but they were still restrained by this unnatural weapon.

Hikitsu only has one hand free, as his other hand was held over his right eye to prevent the power working. Beside him, Setsuka was in a similar position, only that her hand was tied up completely due to her attempt of grabbing her sword.

"I dislike spoilt and rich girls like you." Inami stated to Takiko spitefully. "I…"

At her accusation Setsuka suddenly felt a deep pang of guilt. She had heard a little about Takiko's past from Tomite, and from what she discovered, the younger girl had a very harsh childhood…

The opposite of mine. She realized.

She saw herself as a child one more, learning the art of weaponry with Emutato right beside her, although the girls of the tribe were only meant to know about riding. But because she had wanted it, she was allowed to do what few girls had ever been able to.

Then there was her grandfather- the leader of the tribe who doted on her, because she was his only granddaughter. So, the whole tribe naturally treated her as if she was their princess. That, along with her loving parents, made her have pretty much all that she ever wanted.

Everything that I desired, she thought sadly, I managed to obtain.

"That is why I hate the priestess of Genbu so much." she whispered. "Because before I became a celestial warrior of Genbu- a monster to my own people, I was loved by all. I hate her so much, because I once had so much."

Raising her hand to her lips, she bit down hard, causing blood to splash onto the ground. Carefully, she began to shift her hand so that the bloods dripped to form a word.

The word tiger.

Quickly, her blood began to mould themselves into the living creature of the word that she had wrote. This was her power as a celestial warrior of Genbu. At this, Inami immediately attempted to strangle this creature that suddenly appeared, but the tiger easily dodged her hair.

"Free Takiko." Was the order of the one that summoned it.

Setsuka's voice was loud and clear, so everyone heard what she meant to say.

Inami tightened her hair's hold on Setsuka even as the tiger freed Takiko rather effortlessly. The younger woman immediately ran to the one who just saved her, hoping to do the same.

But her aid was no longer necessary.

As Hikitsu saw Setsuka chocking, he uncovered his eye.

Perhaps that was the most dangerous power given to any man, as who has the right to decide what hidden memories should surface? There was also the consequence of having a deep guilt due to making someone face what they had hid deep in their heart. For this reason, Hikitsu rarely used this power, but when he saw Setsuka in danger, he knew that he was willing to do something that he hated in order to help her.

Like all others who had the misfortune to look into his right eye, Inami was immediately affected. Unlike Tomite, her reaction was much more sever. She sank onto the ground with her eyes completely vacant, while her weapon fell down with a loud clang, and her hair began too loosen as they shrank back to their original length.

Confused and shocked at everything, Takiko walked pass the hand offered by Uruki's in order to kneel beside Hikitsu, who had caught Setsuka into his arms and was examining her neck- red with some of the flesh swelling in the shape of many thin lines.

"Are you alright?" he asked her gently, his fingers touching her skin very delicately.

Her lips curled into that mocking smile once again as she managed a whisper, her voice very hoarse. "Don't ask me stupid questions, Emutato. I almost got strangled, so how well do you think I can be?"

"You…you saved me." Takiko said shyly. "Why…"

"I felt that you were wrongly accused." Was Setsuka's blunt answer. "And if you weren't the priestess of Genbu, I'd be willing to admit that I actually quite like you."

"You don't hate me?"

"I don't deny that I tried to hate you, but the fact that I had to try is an indication that I don't really hate you. And the truth is." At this point she actually laughed, as she was rather relieved at this confession. "I find it very hard to dislike someone so similar to me."

Hikitsu smiled one of his rare smiles as he turned away from the woman he loves to observe his priestess. Setsuka was right, the two of them were very much alike. Both of them were rather unconventional by achieving very good skills with weaponry, as well as being very loud and fiery to the point that most men would describe as being immodest.

Perhaps that was why I start to like Takiko when I first heard her scold Uruki and Tomite, he thought, because she reminded me of Setsuka.

Author's Note: I hope someone like it, and I guess it really is to show the character of Setsuka (my OC) as well as giving an indication of what the story would be like. As I mentioned before, I haven't really wrote my genbu Kaiden fan fiction yet, I only have plan of the story, so this extract might not be word for word when it arrive in the actual story. Ie, maybe Setsuka would have got over her 'hatred' for Takiko early etc etc.