AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Text - Yuya's good conscience
Text - Yuya's bad conscience
"Text" - Yuya's neutral conscience
"Text" - Obviously, what the characters are saying, DUH!
Text - Kyo's positive conscience
Text - Kyo's oh-so-negative conscience
"Text" - Kyo's neutral conscience
Text - Other characters' thoughts (if any)
From the last chapter...
Kyo approached his Muramasa that was now lying on the ground without the chains. He picked it up and Akashi asked, "Demon Eyes Kyo, why did you save our village?"
Chapter 6 – A New Life
Kyo replied, "I'm a man of my word. After Muramasa, the maker of my sword and the brother of Mahiro, finished teaching me what I needed to know, he asked me to swear before him to protect your town for a special reason. Absent-mindedly I swore to him that I'll protect your town but I have to do that because that was man enough to do."
"Thank you then, Kyo." Akashi smiled.
Kyo exited the crowd and Yuya followed.
Yuya was walking behind Kyo, she's about five or maybe six feet away from him. She was now shedding tears, which she continually wiped with the back of her hands.
"I'm so stupid."
Why?
"I'm so stupid because I'm crying right now."
You're a woman. Kami-sama made women to cry without purpose sometimes.
"Yuya." Kyo called.
"Yes?" she replied, wiping off her tears.
"Could you answer me my question with a profound and reasonable reply?" Kyo said.
"Huh? S-sure..." she mumbled.
"I hurt you last night, didn't I? You shouldn't be there to liberate me. But you still came out of all the mistreatment I burdened you, why is that?"
She nervously giggled and said, "You're exaggerating too much."
Kyo glared at her and she blushed a little and looked away, "I'm your wife, right? I certainly wouldn't let the father of my children die that easily. I have to fight, too."
"That's not the correct answer, isn't it?" Kyo said as he stopped in his tracks and waited for Yuya to be by his side. Then, they started walking again.
"I told you, you wouldn't understand me if I expound my answer."
They arrived at their house and Kyo came inside. Their children were playing with Okuni in the living room.
Kyo approached them and told Okuni, "Okuni, could you leave me and my children for a while? I want to talk to them."
"S-sure." Okuni replied, What's gotten into him? Sudden change, I guess. Hey, Yuya, what did you do EXACTLY?
Okuni left them and everyone stared at him, well, except for Yuya and Okuni – they aren't there.
He genuflected and said, "My children, I would want to say sorry for neglecting you, all of you. Could you give your father another chance? We'll be a family from now on, I promise." He told them.
They all blinked at each other, probably thinking the same thing of what Okuni thought.
Kazuki, the firstborn, approached his father and hugged him. The twins Tatsumi and Natsumi followed, then Hisashi and lastly, the youngest, Yanagi. They all hugged their father and he hugged them back.
Now, Yuya was in the free field, sitting under her favorite tree, snoozing off.
Kyo found her and approached her peaceful physique. He genuflected infront of her and stared at her face, she was even crying in her sleep.
He extended his hand to caress her face but he hesitated.
"I did something wrong with her, didn't I? I shouldn't do this."
Then how would she forgive you?
Ignore her, idiot.
That's a bad idea. After what she did for you? If it wasn't for her presence at the town square a while ago, you're nothing but a mere soul roaming around now; trying to tell her, but you can't because she wouldn't hear you. It's better if you tell her now and change for the good.
"You're right."
He was able to touch her face and she moved a little; and he immediately removed his hand. But after that, she was still asleep. He extended his arms to touch her face, and this time, she didn't move or anything, and gently, he wiped her tears with his hands.
"Why didn't I realize? Why didn't I realize that you are beautiful? Why didn't I realize, back in those days, that you're not a slut, but my wife? Why didn't I realize that you loved me and you wouldn't let me go because you don't want to be left? Why can't I just tell you, what you mean to me? Why am I hesitating to do this? Yuya, I... I love you."
He placed her locks behind her ear and removed his hands and looked at her magnificence. Then, she slowly opened her eyes and saw Kyo. She rubbed her eyes and sat straight.
"I'm sorry, did I make you wait for a long time? What do you want?" she asked as she yawned.
"N-nothing."
Yuya looked at him and said, "You're acting weird. Are you ill?"
"No."
"Uhm, is there a special occasion today that's why you're acting nice to me?"
"No."
Yuya asked, "Then do you want to tell me something?"
"Uhm..." he looked around to find the words to say, but he found none.
"Kyo, please don't hesitate. You can tell me whatever it is."
"Yuya, what is the reason why you agreed to marry me?" he finally asked, but those weren't really what he wanted to say.
She stared at him and looked at the grass below her, "I agreed to settle down with you because I... I thought you love me."
"And I really do."
"And why did you show up a while ago, after I mistreated you last night? Why didn't you just let me die?" he asked, "Give me that answer that you said I wouldn't understand."
Yuya was on the verge of tears and just let it loose, "It was the right thing to do, Kyo. I am your wife, you are my husband, and we should help each other. It's the most natural thing to do! What would you expect? Leave you alone like that?!"
"You're the one who's making a mountain out of a molehill now."
"I'm not exaggerating!" she demanded.
"Then give me the correct answer." Kyo said.
"Fine!" Yuya answered, looking at him straight, "I love you!" Then she paused and blushed and looked down again.
Kyo reached out his hand and placed it on her chin and raised her head up, "Why are you so bashful of your answer?"
"It's improper." She replied, "I'm your personal whore, it's improper to love you."
"Don't say that." He told her, "You're my wife, not my whore. It's flattering that you really love me."
He continued, "This is my first time to tell you this, Yuya, so listen carefully, I want you to hear everything I say. I... I... I... I..."
He exhaled his apprehension and finally said, "Yuya, I love you."
Her eyes widened and her lips curled up into a smile, "You do?"
"Yes."
"Oh my, I'm so speechless."
He leaned closer and kissed her, hugging her possessively.
"He never kissed me this way before. I think this time; this is real. I never realized that I would break Kyo's dark side and make him so passionate. And here I thought he doesn't love me; that he only wanted to make children... I never knew, he really did love me."
She kissed him back and they broke the kiss and her green eyes met his crimson eyes.
"I'm sorry for all the things I've done wrong, Yuya. Let's start a new life with our children from now on." Kyo said.
"Yes. Kyo, I want to be with you forever."
"As you wish, my wife." He replied with a smirk and kissed her once more.
... END ...
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Finally, I finished this fic! It took me almost 2 weeks to finish this! And look, it's over already? Well, I hope you really liked this. Please review! Anyway...
NEWSFLASH:
There will be a sequel for CRIMSON. It's still gonna be a Kyo x Yuya fic with their children but the story focuses more on Yukimura and Okuni.
Yes, the sequel will be a Yukimura x Okuni fic but it's also a Kyo x Yuya fic but the story wouldn't be eyeing the spotlight there.
The next fic will be CERULEAN, a Yukimura x Okuni fic. I know, you barely see this type of pairing, or probably, it's the first time you saw them. Well, Yukimura x Okuni fics are hard to find especially somewhere else on the net so I thought of placing one (or maybe more if it's really good) here in
I got this inspiration from a Yukimura x Okuni fic somewhere on the net; so I got my plot and I'm gonna write about this new idea. I hope you're going to read it, too!
Thanks for all the support!
GensomadenSaiyuki