Somewhere in Time

by stormilys

"You do look like him," Shinobu warily conceded, studying his features before taking in his bizarre haori, the dated uniform, the blade at his hip. "…But you're not really my Tomioka-san, are you?" A blood demon technique sends Giyuu to another time, to another universe where the world is kinder, and where its Kochou Shinobu is perhaps a little too close to its Tomioka Giyuu.

13. Kodak Moments

Kodak Moments

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While Kochou prattled on about having sweet teeth (whatever that meant), Giyuu wandered into the bedroom. He found his gaze drawn immediately to the framed pictures atop the bureau: one portrait depicted him and the pillars during a ceremony of some sort, but the ones of him and Kochou confirmed exactly what kind of relationship they have.

It's the last frames that chased the breath from his lungs.

With their arms around his other self, Sabito smirked alongside an unknown girl with fox earrings, but the familiar smiles of Mother and Father, of Tsutako-nee, beamed right back at the other.