I had not forgotten the expression of these two people when they saw me, I really want to know how do I look right now, have I been injured to the point of disfiguration?

Currently, these two grown up men are sleeping. I don't know when did I lose consciousness but when I woke up, its already dark and these two men are curled up beside me,

They've had such handsome features like the others, too ethereal... hardly what a human should look.

I assumed they are both very close to me before? The fox looking guy, must've been the one named Kogitsunemaru, he seemed so concerned for me that he even cried, my heart felt as if someone pulled something inside, even when the other guy, I guess he's the one called Mikazuki, expressed his concern to me... their expressions burned in my mind as my heart felt painful,

I tried to move a bit as they slept soundly, Kogitsunemaru on my left and Mikazuki on my right, they're like a child... looked so innocent. Especially Kogitsunemaru, he really looked so much like his name with his tears dried up on his face.

As I cant move too much because of bruises I scanned the room looking for a mirror, I heard the door opened and a white haired guy followed by a hooded guy brought a tray of food to my room. At first, the white haired guy beamed a smile as soon as the door opened, but when he saw me, he almost dropped the tray on his hands even the other guy had the same reaction.

"... Yukiko... w-what happened? I... had not came back more than a week from a mission... what happened to you? No one told me anything... what... " he looked intently at bandages then shifted his gaze to the two beside her and hurriedly set aside the tray, kneeled on the foot of her futon, tried to reach for her,

'Eh? Y-Yukiko..? But... my name is Yuriko... I'm pretty sure I hadn't forgotten my name...'

"Aruji... I was with Tsurumaru and the other Date swords, I had also not came back for more than a week... what happened..?" he asked as he tighten his grip on the tray.

'Had the citadel been attacked while we are away?' the hooded guy thought, as he walked near her futon and set the trays aside. The two swords are still in their sleep but started to stir,

"... I... I-I..." Everything's so sudden, I raised my bruised arms in a defense stance on reflex.

Just when his hand almost reached me, someone knocked on the door, and he halted, and looked at me with pained expression. Now it feels like I'm getting filled with guilt...

"Aruji-sama! Tsurumaru Kuninaga-dono! Please let Konnosuke explain first!" hurriedly said ran into the scene, these woke up the two sleeping swords,

"Aruji, uh... I've heard from Konnosuke..." another voice sounded in the direction of the door, there is a guy with an eyepatch holding a tray of food too,

Kogitsunemaru bolted up from his sleep, he looked at me and Tsurumaru,

"Nushi-sama! Did it hurt somewhere?" He looked at me and search for any discomfort, he then looked at the people around,

"Tsuru-san helped preparing meals and excitedly runs off here to deliver them, he didn't know you are... unwell, please understand Aruji... ... ... he didn't mean any harm," Shoukudaikiri set aside the tray he's holding and hurriedly explained the situation as he trailed off in the latter part. I didn't know what to say, I didn't mean to hurt their feelings, I could tell from his eyes that he was hurt by that action, what more of Tsurumaru...

Mikazuki looked the scene and he too felt conflicted, he also knew how close Tsurumaru and their master is, wondering if she would also give them that kind of scared gaze.

"Tsurumaru Kuninaga-dono, Aruji-sama at the moment, needed help in remembering... things. She might also not know who you are..." Konnosuke explained as he looked as their stunned master struggled to savalge the situation,

"...J-Just... what happened when I was away?" Tsurumaru's frown deepened as he asked in a low voice, he still couldn't believe what just happened. Their beloved master who was such an interesting person was suddenly like this? She looked scared just like those people he had killed before, it left a painful feeling in his chest,

He remembered her saying she would give him a reward after he came back from his mission. He was really looking forward to it... but now... was this the surprise reward? If it is... then this is a pretty bad joke to have as a reward...

"Yukiko... you... you really don't remember me? Or any of us?" He asked in a cracked voice. Among all swords, he was the only one daring to call their Saniwa by her given name,

"... I... really don't... I'm sorry... ... uhm... Was 'Yukiko' really is my name?" She met his eyes as she asked this, then shifted to Konnosuke,

"Ah, yes Aruji-sama," Konnosuke replied as he strutted near her. She frowned as she tried to recall if the name Yukiko is familiar to her, but to no avail, only Yuriko had the significance in her mind,

"A-Ah, let's continue this for later, Aruji needed to replenish her health and eat," The eye-patched guy clapped his hand a bit to gather their attention and ease the atmosphere. The swords just looked at each other as Tsurumaru left. Mikazuki and Kogitsunemaru excused themselves as well, as to let their master eat peacefully,