Two tall figures walked out of the citadel's medical room, these are the two heavily injured swords who took alot of time to recover. Namely, Mikazuki Munechika and Kogitsunemaru.

Kogitsunemaru is the captain in that last mission and he felt very much responsible for all that happened. He paused and looked onto the scenery of the big tree, thoughts floating about.

"Kogitsunemaru, are you not going visit our aruji?" asked by an easy-going blue clothed fellow rather a bit worried. Waking up the fox on his daydream, he was about to say something but stopped, as he sees a little fox, who seems to be looking for them.

"..." Kogitsunemaru looked away, he did not understand these weird feelings of embarassment, he thought that maybe this is the feeling he would have when he sees their master, but it seems like, even if its not their master, he is still deeply ashamed and guilty over the failed mission,

"Konnosuke," greeted by Mikazuki,

"It is good that Mikazuki-dono and Kogitsunemaru-dono are now fully recovered. Aruji-sama has finally woken up and wanted to meet you," Konnosuke explained as he paused and looked a bit conflicted as he continued to explain,

"... on our way there, I must explain to you first the condition of Aruji-sama. Aruji-sama... right now, might not also remember you..."

The two swords looked as if a lightning has strucked them, since they were unconscious before she even arrive, they did not know the extent of the saniwa's sacrifice when she went to rescue them,

Konnosuke is still sad about this news but continued his explanation as he lead the two swords to the saniwa's room,

"... Aruji-sama also sustained alot of physical damage. But the most important part is to help her remember some of her memories. Konnosuke is very worried about Aruji-sama's memory loss... Aruji-sama seemed like a completely different person," The fox continued to explained but whispered the latter part, although Kogitsunemaru heard it, he could not explain this feeling of uneasiness and nervousness. Some part of him did not believe in the little fox's words yet the half part of him believed and he was scared that they could not get her back.

"Also..? Had she not remember anyone?" Mikazuki asked in a solemn tone, he could not even laugh with seriousness of this news.

"Aruji-sama did not know anyone, even us Konnosuke, Aruji-sama seemed to forgot that she is also a Saniwa, the swords and even this place,"

"... then... can Nushi-sama still recover?" The quiet fox finally said something. He is deeply concerned about this condition, he once heard of such condition when the tantous are talking about it in passing,

"Us Konnosuke and Yagen Toushirou are unsure whether Aruji-sama could recover fully, partially or completely forget the past and start over as she is right now," Konnosuke explained with furrowed brows as he remember the outcome of their diagnosis.

"The Aruji-sama before is deeply afraid of the Government of Time even though they are the one who sent Aruji-sama here. So, we Konnosuke suggest that we help Aruji-sama to recover as soon as possible before the Government replaces her when the time comes," He continued his explanation in small voice as he stopped in front of saniwa's quarters.

"... the others already met her earlier," he reminded them as he left the two in front of the door, as he looked for the other swords to discuss things about their current saniwa,

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The two tall figures looked at each other, conflicted on which one of them should open the door. As they continued their staring contest, they heard a harsh series of cough inside the room. As if they were injected chicken blood, the two even get ahead of each other to open the door,

What appeared before them is a frail-looking girl covered in bandages like a mummy as some Konnosukes helped her ease abit of the coughing by patting her back with their fluffy paws

"...N-Nushi-sama..!"

"...Aruji,"

The two uttered in small voice as Yagen and the said saniwa turned to them,

"Oh, hello-" The woman uttered in between low coughs. The two hurriedly kneeled beside her futon and help her ease the coughing,

The woman on the other hand is feeling a bit faint, the coughs just started but every hard cough left a bitter and rusty aftertaste,

'Have I been this weak before..?' she wondered,

"The two of you must've been Mikazuki and Kogitsunemaru, how are you feeling? I heard the two of you are almost fatally wounded," She asked as she concernedly looked at them from head to toe as if looking for wounds,

"Nushi-sama... don't worry about us... this... this is all my fault... if I had invest more time in figuring out their plans, you... you wouldn't be in this state," The quiet fox from earlier burst out in tears as he saw the damage dealt on their beloved master. The master they took care of dearly, looked so fragile at this moment, that a simple gust of wind would without a doubt take her down,

"Aruji... you do not need to worry about us... but you... you are our saniwa, we are eternally grateful that you've bestowed us a new life, but... you have to take yourself as the first priority..." Mikazuki looked at her with concern eyes as he traced the wounds and bruises that still had not been covered up,

As Yagen seen this exchange, he hurriedly signaled the Konnosukes to leave the three alone to talk, he brought his medical box near the two and left with the small foxes, closing the door.

Although the saniwa loved all of her swords, the love she had for the crane and the two Sanjou swords could not be hide even in the eyes of the Tantous.

"...You must've heard of my condition," she said in a low voice.

She really wondered why her body is so weak, so weak that a light stretch or cough seemed to take a life of her. At first, she felt like she's gradually recovering because the pain from when she first woke up are now all gone, but to her surprise it escalated to another kind of physical pain, its like an internal bleeding if she described it.

"It's okay, Nushi-sama... You'll get well, and we will try to help you restore your memories!" Kogitsunemaru wiped those beady tears threatening to fall, and determinedly looked at their beloved master,

She only smiled in response, to be honest she didn't know if she really did forget things or they've had mistaken her for someone... but they seemed as though she's really living here, observing their reactions, she had never felt this so much people caring for her, that she's afraid all of these are just a dream,