Can werewolves and vampires get along? Almost as much as vampires and ninjas. The Annie arc draws its climax now!DISCLAIMER: dxd doesn't belong to me~.
I remember this place...
But I never thought I would ever come back here so soon...
After I entered the old Building of Kuoh academy, what I faced was utter darkness and silence. In total contrast with the chaos that is happening outside, the inside is quiet, almost too quiet. I didn't lose any moment with that moment of calmness, and soon resumed my way towards the meeting room, the place where the old Occult Research Club would meet and greet, where father and My target, lord Nosferatu, would be waiting for me to kill... And then finally I can become the ultimate Vampire King.
As expected, the place was filled with traps and alarms probably placed by that bothersome... Brother of mine, since all the spots covered were meticulously taken care of with razor wires, bombs, gas containers and other gadgets that would either kill or severely damage whoever tried to pass by, even some alarms ready to ring at the small action against them. Of course, I'm a ninja after all, so avoiding and deactivating those were a piece of cake, graciously dancing around the security while cutting all the traps surrounding me. A lesser ninja would've already set an alarm or two, but not me, not Annabelle Hellsing, because I'm a ninja, after all...
Because... Because I'm a ninja, after all... Right?
But when I crossed the last corridor that would lead me to the main hall and the staircase leading upstairs, I was taken back by surprise at the new scenario: the moment I opened the door leading to the main hall, instead I was greeted with... A hill, a hill that I knew very much. Four statues of the previous Kaguyas, the Ultimate ninjas, a grassy field under my feet and, of course, the cherry blossom tree at the top of the hill, blowing pink petals away while the moon illuminated he entire place despite the fact I was indoors.
I grit my teeth just by seeing this scenario: this is the sacred hill of the Hanzō Village, the Sarutobi mount. Of course, there was no way for one to bring the entire hill to Kuoh academy just to mess with me, so this means I was caught in an illusionary technique, a genjutsu. No matter how real this looks, it most definitely isn't, and somehow... This pisses me off.
"Mom! I know you're there somewhere! Casting an illusion won't help you!" I said doing some handsigns and finally reaching a hand in the air as to scratch it. The entire place shivered with my action, an counter-technique to illusions, and despite not disappearing, I finally could see the perpetrator of this cheap trick: my mother Haruka, wearing a white Hawaiian shirt and black bell pants and with her long greenish black hair pulled in a tiara smoking a pipe on the top of the Sarutobi mount. She smiles at me.
"Hohohoh~, I see. No mood fo'playin', ain'tcha, Sayu?" My mother opens a toothy grin while reaching her hand for the statue of the first Kaguya and one of my ancestors, Sarutobi Sasuke. She cups its chin and then out of nowhere graffiti starts to appear on the said illusion. The graffiti I did before leaving the Village to train to kill the vampire king. "Watta surprise~. Afta wah u did wiff Gramps Sasuke's statoo, I tot yur sens of humor wunt chen. I iffen tookinin gud sports'. Tza nice att."
"..." I said nothing, only observed as she touched another statue after statue to modify them with the graffiti I did on them before leaving the village, until she reached for the last one, her own. With the golden tip of her pipe, she simply bopped the statue and graffiti appeared on it.
"Ma statoo was ugly, inway. Wut u did was an imprufmen'. Still, Ren got mad atcho. Wunda why U didit, tho. Suffin to metah?" She spoke, taking short glances at her once statue that was covered in ink, ugly drawings and some words too. Once she was done examining her own three-dimensional portrayal, she turned to me, pipe between her fingers with open arms. "C'ma. Tell mama wazzup. Imma try to help as I can."
"..." I grit my teeth yet again. To tell her what's the matter with me? To tell me what's going on?! That's rich coming from the woman who doesn't know who my father is!! 'Never compromise',that goes our motto, but still... Why?! I turn my head to her and flashed her the golden shine of my only good eye. "To tell you... what's up? Fine, I'll tell you, but first, you answer me this: do you know anyone by the name of Desmond Hellsing?"
"Desmond... Hellsing..." She murmurs, doing a thoughtful pose with hand on her chin and eyes up to the skies. I really, really wanted her to remember, I really didn't want to do this and pull all that stuff, but I know she'll give me a reason. In the end, she snaps her finger and turns to me, smiling. "Oh, of kos! Me escort! Hizza hansum vampire fo'sho! So ya know from sumwea, Sayu?"
*VOOSH!**TING!*
"Oh, rud. If ya don'wanna tell, don tell! No need to be rud." I knew it wouldn't work: I tossed a kunai at her and she caught it so easily between her fingers as she always did, but I did it anyway. Why? I dunno! I'm just... Boiling with feelings right now!
"See?! This is the reason why I want to be the vampire King! When I become the king and the Kaguya, I can merge the village and the Vampiric Empire, and we can... We can finally be...!" I grit my teeth again while cracking my fingers with my thumb. From my pocket, I picked a set of shurikens and threw them at my own mother, who jumped out of the way to a safe distance and direction. I knew she wouldn't remember! I know he doesn't remember either! Both of them don't remember, but once I'm done here, they won't have to, because... Because...!
*PTU!*
"...!!" And I dodge a senbon needle to my neck, for a nail avoiding a paralyzing hit on a vital spot! I turn back to mother, and she had a set of them ready on her mouth while her pipe turned into a massive golden club supported on her shoulder. She let out a puff of smoke and sighed.
"I haf no idea wat'choo talkinnabout, but if ya wanna kill the Vampire king, I'll haftoo stop ya." She comments, lifting a hand to now make a hand sign and, in a puff of smoke, she summoned four more shadow clones with those same attributes, senbon and pipe and everything. So she's getting serious too! 'Never compromise' is our motto, so it means... She's also willing to kill her own daughter. "Heeya cum, Sayuri!! I hop yer prepared!!"
"I am! I really am!!" I said, now unwrapping my arm as her shadow clones charged at me! She's underestimating just because I'm her daughter and I look I'm missing an arm and an eye, but guess what: I'm also full of surprises! I finally get rid of the bandages on my right arm to show her several cuts I myself did there! My left hand reaches for one of those sounds, scratches it to the point it draws blood, and then... "[Blood Royal]...!!"
*ZOOOOM~!!!**SLASH! SLASH!! SLASH!! SLASH!!*
"... [SONIC SCARLET]!!" And from my wounds I draw four lines of blood, which I pulled from my arm with such velocity and strength, their drawing surpassed the speed of sound and started to cut everything with their razor winds! From the five Harukas, the four clones disappeared once hit by the razor wind, while the original dodged the gust in midair and landed on the other side, safe and sound, but some of her hair cut down.
[Blood Royal: Sonic Scarlet]... A cool name for an even cooler technique: I basically use iaijutsu with my own blood by drawing four blades made out of it and use their impact and velocity to cut down everything in my path with razor winds. It took many tries and many errors for me to perfect this technique only members of the Hellsing family are capable of, but now I did it, and since I'm still saving the werewolf sword for Lord Nosferatu, this will have to do with deal with my old lady... The ability of the man she forgot about.
"Oyah. Oyah. Dangerous, dangerous. When did'ya larn such nice move, daryn? Tis' fast!" My mother say as she ruffles her own hair a little, a bit shocked about the locks she lost against my new technique. I turn to her to show now the four blood blades sprouting from my right arm. "Tis naw a ninja art, izzit? Too loud, fast but showy, not suitable for ninja work..."
"Oh, this? This is just an ability I got... From my father's side." I spoke with venom practically seeping into my voice. Mother blinked once, twice, and then crossed her arms, doing a pensive face with a wavy lip.
"Sayu, daryn, yu bein' a meanie. I didn't raise ya like dat!" She chirped, and again my blood burns to the point I can feel it boil! Without a single other word I dash towards her figure and clash my blood blades against her pipe! She's fast as always, my bloody fangs barely being able to keep up despite suppose to be faster! As expected from my mother, The Kaguya!
"Raised me?! You practically made me into a killing machine on legs! That's all your fault!" I responded, still changing blows with her as our weapons would produce sparkles everywhere! A moment when one attack stunned her for a second, and then I threw a ninja star against her!
"I thoff you were proud of beena ninja!" Mother questioned my own words as she blew another senbon needle against the shuriken and used that slip of mine to catch me by the wrist and toss me to a random direction! Fortunately I was able to land on my feet first on a wall and then on the ground.
"And I am! I love being a ninja, but the issue is not that, mom!" And now to honor my shinobi heritage, I make hand signs on the spot and concentrate ki to unleash a stream of flames from my mouth, the dragon breath technique! Yes, I love being me, I love being a ninja, the problem here is that I'm half-something else, and that something else is what I want her to see!
"Den wazzat ishoo? I kent rid minds, Sayu! Ya still been'a meanie!" She retorts taking a massive drag out of her immense pipe and blowing a screen smoke against both my fireball and myself! Not only it extinguished the sphere of flames, it also lifted a curtain of dense fog for her to escape from my sight! *ZING! ZING!, I hear two objects cutting the air, and from the dense smoke two kunais came to me! I was able to dodge one but the other stabbed me right on the shoulder! "Itza about yer dragon boyfriend? Ur about that Demomen sire? Hizz hansum, yes, bunonee to be jealous!"
"You don't even remember his name!! Damn it mom, you're making this so hard yet so easy!" I said, dodging a new set of kunais until I had enough: I reached for my right arm again and pulled four more blood blades in a new [Sonic Scarlet]! The pressure it caused cleaned the place of the fog, but to my surprise mother wasn't there anymore! "Not even him remembers you!! You two act like complete strangers, how do you think I feel about that?!"
"Hooz 'he'?" Shock! I thought she would be hiding somewhere into the illusion again, but that whisper came right on my left ear! As fast as I could, I summoned the war fan once again and clashed it against her club-pipe, forcing her to be blown away! I can feel the pressure of the winds twisting every bone on my arm's bones, but I can still fight. Mother recomposes herself and sighs. "Yu wanna play dah 'pronoun game' o son'ung? Ya 'memba deh ninja code: 'nevah compromise'. Aiya... Aiya talking about yer faddah?"
"Took you long enough to figure it out, you old hag." I snapped, and from here I could see a small rage vein bump into her head. I'm being smart with her again, but as much as it amuses me, my point still stands. "Yes, I'm talking about my father, the man who had a one-night stand with you and who made you bear his child, me! His name is Desmond Hellsing, by the way!"
"Wait, so deerah really slept with him?" She blinks in confusion and surprise, much to my own. Now she starts to contemplate her own navel, deep in thought with a hand on her chin. "Shoot, so I really slept wivva vampire! Datz rad, but I dun remembah'... Maybe das why Sayu issow mad. Ah, butta slept wiff somanny doods'n'chix, why she mad now?"
"I'm not talking about your promiscuity, you horny old crazy woman! I couldn't care less about how many guys or gals you slept with! I'm upset about how you don't even acknowledge him!" I finally snap at her, and she turns to me in shock. I had enough of that! I want her to at least get a clue of how I feel! "Do you have any idea how I feel about this?! Ren knows who his father is! Alucard and Esther have their own mother, but how about me?! Every time I asked about you about him, or I asked you about him, you didn't even remember each other's names! A father who's vampire nobility... A mother who's a Kaguya... To live separate lives... And leave me in a void of the night... I hate this... I hate this..."
"Sayu..."
"That's why I want to become the vampire King... If I become the vampire king and the Kaguya, then both ninjas and vampires can start coexisting, and you two... Wouldn't have any more reason to be separated. I would have both a mom and a dad..." And that would be so nice. Beings of the darkness of the human realm, sharing the same world and night under the moonlight, and then I can have a mom and a dad at the same time instead of going back and forth with my two natures. I am a ninja, I am a vampire, and with this, I can finally feel like a dhumpyr.
Because I would be a human from my mother's side and a vampire from my father's side, and I would be able to feel it so.
"Sayu..." And my mother's voice reaches me. I snap back to her, but this time, indeed of a goofy expression or a confused frown, she eyes me with a serious face, her entire being oozing power. I was about to say anything else, but then... "Didja forget deh motto already? Even inna world liek dat... As a ninja, I wouldn't evah compromise. So no mera wut... I wouldn't consider Desmond Hellsing mah hubby, or yer faddah foh dat merah."
Suddenly, my jaw hurts... Suddenly, my eyes sting... Suddenly, my teeth can't just stop shaking... My vision adopts a crimson tone, and I hear something inside me snapping...
Oh, no. I'm crying blood... Is this...
Madness?
"So... You won't get along with dad... No matter what... Hahah... Hahahah... Hahahah..." I start to laugh despite the fact there's nothing funny happening now. I wonder why? Crimson drops drip from my face, and the ringing of my fangs just won't go away. What should I do now? What can I do now? I know... I know... "Well then... I mean... We won't know that for sure... Unless we try... Right? So... IF YOU WANNA PROTECT THE VAMPIRE KING, YOU WILL HAVE TO KILL ME, YOU BITCH!!!"
"Ninja art: flash snap!" And she turns a hand to me and snaps her fingers! I know this technique, so I duck to a side in order to escape the lightning strike that came from her fingertips! I jump and escape, all while her snaps make flashes come from her fingers! She's getting serious now, but its already too late! I scratch my arm once again but now I taint my nails in crimson and flip them to her, small bubbles of blood going to her direction!
"Take that, you old hag!! [BLOOD ROYAL: BLOODY MARY]!" I commanded with more and more blood bubbles coming from my fingers. My mother is cautious as always, so instead of dodging or attacking those, she simply gusted them away with the pressure of her immense pipe-club! I summon the war fan once again and blow them back at her! Now there's no way for her to counter that attack! "Feel the power of my father, feel the power of the Hellsing!!"
"Troublesome." She sighs, now using her pipe to instead bash those crimson bubbles away while trying to open space for herself. Big mistake: the moment she was about to take the first step, she practically bumped her body and her face turned back in shock. On the floor, the pipe she adored so much was now glued to the ground by a crimson goo stuck on it, and she couldn't even let go of it since her hand was also stuck to the handle of her immense instrument! "Wuttin da wurd...?!"
"And I got more from where those came from!" I said tossing her more and more crimson orbs from the blood of my wounds! She tried to shield herself with her iron skin, but instead those bubbles popped on and smeared themselves all over her, only to harden and immobilize her in their sticky form!
Bloody Mary, a technique I created with my own Blood Royal, that turns my blood into bubbles with the properties of rubber and gum~! In the end, she was completely covered in bloody goo and struggling to get out, I know it won't hold her for very long and it won't work on her again, so I gotta finish it in one go! I did some hand signs again and turned my palm to her!
"I'm sorry, mother, but this ends now!" I said, aiming deeply at her! I won't hesitate! I can't hesitate! In one strike, I'm going to end this! C'mon, don't fail me now! "[Forbidden Ninja Art: Q-... Qillin!]"*SPARK!!!**ZOOOM...!!!*
I... I hesitated.
For just a split of a second, just for the fact she's my mom, I hesitated, and for that...
From my palm, Qillin came and like lightning it struck! The sacred beast struck like its namesake and for a moment, I thought it was all over. Sparkles flew all over us, and with that coup d'grace, I would take one step further into my dream of becoming the vampire King, even if I had to injure half the reason I was planning of doing that in the first place...
Alas, it didn't come to be. As I said, I hesitated, and when the dust settled and Desmond vanished in thin air, from the ground zero... There was nothing. The dried blood turned into dust, and the entire room was charred as it should, but no sign of Haruka of the Hanzō Village. Until, that is, I felt a presence blow right behind me, casting a shadow from my back! I turn around to face her, but her hand was already reaching for me! I could only close my eyes and wait for the worst...
And then... Everything went dark.
*PAT!*
"Geez, havn children duz weyh a lot on dah mind, eh? Ya dummy." But instead of divine retribution or a hellish death at the hands of the strongest ninja, I felt... A light pat on the head. A warm, soft hand landing on my head and ruffling my hair a bit. From despaired, I turned confused, I shot my eyes open, only to see my mother reaching a hand for my head, smiling tiredly. What... What's going on?
"...?" I drawn a half frown, yet being unable to do anything else. Her hand... Feels heavy and powerful, yet at the same time, so soothing. She let out a sigh and a puff of smoke as her land slides from my scalp to my face.
"Sayu, daryn... I curn ker less abut huz yer faddah, or how many doods or chix I slept wif, aynow I don't. But iffitz der sum'in I do compromise about... Itz mah children." She declares, and suddenly, as if a huge weight was lift from me, and I take a deep breath. She cares... About me? How come, if she doesn't even bother knowing who my father is? Why is she telling me this now?! This is so... So... She puffs smoke out of her system in pride. "Imma Kaguya, the strongest shinobi. As such, I nevah compromise with anyffin... Unless itz family. Yu, Ren, Botan, Kiku, all yer cum from difrent dads, yet yer all me daughters."
"..." Ah? My eyes are starting to sting again, but now, the vision is no longer crimson, it becomes clean yet again? Is this a new feeling? I don't know. "But... But... Why don't you ever want to acknowledge father? He's not dead... He's not a vegetable... So why? Why don't you ever want to meet him? Why can't you two live like normal parents?"
"As always: nevah compromise. T'was a one-nay stan, so of cozza ainnot gonna 'memba him or whatnot. Amah ninja, aftarol..." She says, smiling, but then she comes closer and places a small kiss on my forehead. "But above all else... Imma yer mama, and I bet Desmond thinsda sem. Even if we dun talk or meet... We still yer parents, so... We wuv yu, regardlessly."
I am... The daughter of the night, child of a ninja and a vampire... My mother doesn't acknowledges my father... My father doesn't even know my mother exists... Yet regardless of such...
'Annie...''Sayu...'
I am their daughter. And they... They...
DRIP! DRIP!*
"Mom... I'm... I'm so sorry..."
"Itz alrih', Sayu. Mama forgives you..."
"I'm sorry..."
"I settz alrih'. No mezza wut, mama will always..."
"I'm sorry..."
*VUPT!*
*SHING!*
"I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry..." And those were all the words I could muster to the stone statue in front of me, holding it by the hand for it to not escape my grasp while hiding my gorgon eye back behind my eyepatch as the tears wouldn't stop, the beautiful illusion surrounding us now turning back to normal...
I'm... I'm too far gone now, and as such, I shouldn't care anymore. No matter how much she says she loves and adores me, or how much father spoils or praises me, they will always be worlds apart, and the only solution for that... Lies in the conference room. If I stop now... Every decision I've done so far would be for nothing, and I won't have... Any excuses for my sins... I have to move forward, I have to do this...
And then I feel another presence behind me, coming like a gust of wind only to stop in one last moment. This scent, this presence... I can already figure who it is. I turn around to face those golden eyes, and grit my teeth by just looking at them...
"Ren..."
"Sayuri..." And there... He is, my older... Brother, the ninja Ren, hands on pockets and staring me dead in the eyes, his glare brimming with a palpable killing intent. I'm tired, I'm broken, but if I have to do this... If I really need to...!
"Brother... Forgive m-..." And I reached a hand for my eyepatch once again, but before anything, a kunai is thrown against me and due to my dull reflexes, I wasn't able to dodge, the weapon piercing my shoulder and rendering my arm lame. I couldn't even scream: Ren caught me by the throat and with a swift move, smashed my back against the floor, practically causing an earthquake around. I spit blood, he almost crushed my larynx, but when I tried to stand up, he holds me by the neck once again and lifts a fist.
"Sayuri... Withdraw." He simply says. Me? Withdraw? I can't, not here, not now... I try to lift a hand again...
"Ren... I can't...!"
*DON!!*
"Sayuri... Withdraw, now." He repeats despite the fact that he just buried his fist into my face. I can feel the blood and my broken nose, I can't even breathe right and my eye starts to lose focus. The best idea would be give up... But if I withdraw now... If I withdraw now...
"Brother... Please..."
*DON!!*
"Sayuri, withdraw." And now I can barely breathe throw my nose, I'm sure he just smashed it to bits. How long is this going to take? From my barely functional eye, I see some sparkles flying off from his face, and now, I feel warm drops on my skin. Don't tell me... So he too... I reach a hand for his strAngling hand, and for once... I smiled.
"Ren..."
"Sayuri..."
"Never compromise, remember? Just end it... Because if you don't... I will become the vampire K-..."
*DON!!*
And now that was the final blow. Smashing his fist against my face, I'm thrown into the darkness as my teeth break and my skull turns into mush. It didn't hurt, I didn't suffer, that punch... Was so filled with love, I feel at ease knowing that he became such a great ninja...
I was... I am a great ninja too, but maybe I should've known better... Oh well, people have their ambitions, and even if it ends like that, I'm glad that at least I tried... I met some really nice people too... And regrets... I'm a ninja, I never compromise, but now that I think about it...
Gremory...
Red...
Everyone...
Red...
Mom...
Dad...
All the other people I hurt... I thought of saying those words after I become the Vampire ninja... But now... My regret is... That I never got to say...
Sorry.
*ZING!!*
"...?!?" What is this feeling, those chills down my spine that just go away? I'm not psyche, but I feel like it came from inside the building! No way, Annie-san... Don't tell me she failed!
*BAM! BAM!! BAM!!*
"Whooooooaaaaah...!!!" And I turn back from that moment of distraction back to my own battle: Grand Crusader was able to corner and weaken Gremory and her knight, but even so they struggle! With centipede-like tendrils coming from her back, the redhead fights off Crusader's blows and slashes with her knight! She's strong, I'll give her that, but she's becoming a real pain now!
"Damn it, just fall!! You two are being a pain in the ass before, but I have places to go!!" I screamed, my terror growing palpable. This feeling can't be good, I think Annie-san might be in danger! In response, the knight concentrated energy back on his sword and fired another beam of energy at my balance breaker, stun it a little! "Like I said, its useless to attack my Crusader with energy! He'll absorb it and use it to get stronger!"
And with another grunt, the giant magical samurai absorbed the red energy coming from the knight's sword and took it as his own, soon charging against the couple! But before he could smash himself against them, Gremory's tendrils reached for him and held him by the arms!
"Stop struggling! No matter what you do, my [GRAND CRUSADER] can just break apart and reform! It's useless to try to stop or trap it!!" I declare. However, for that, Gremory could only grit her own teeth and shine a dangerous glare at me.
"Then I'll just have to destroy those little pieces and get rid of that pesky ability, right?!" She declares. Oh no, don't tell me...!
Done as told, from the small legs from her centipede members, a dark, malevolent matter starts to ooze, the power of the destruction Annie-san explained to me about, and just like that it started to bleed into my Crusader! I tried to command to break it down, but it was too late: the destructive magic melted and vanished all the blades that composed its arms, rendering him armless And weaponless! It took a step back, escaping Gremory's grasp!
"Damn it! Grand crusader!! [SAMURAI SMASH!!]. I declare as one final desperate attack! As commanded, my Balance Breaker pulled itself together and soon jumped into the duo's direction! If I can't cut them down, might just smash them to fine paste! They won't be able to deflect or defend themselves against that many swords!
"[WHIRLWIND DISASTER FEATHER]!" But that didn't come true, instead, something else happened: coming out of nowhere, a girl of dark hair with blond bangs appeared out of nowhere and created a plasma-like shield on top of them with the swing of her ruby-crimson fan, protecting herself and the duo behind her!
My Balance Breaker crashed with it, and soon dismissed itself in small blades, all sliding away from the barrier she created! *SLASH! SLASH!, my crusader didn't even have the time to reform, in one second Gremory's knight cut down and broke all the remaining swords faster than the eye could see, with the redhead also using her magic to turn other blades into dust!
"Why you...!"
"Found you, you faker!!" I draw two more swords and dashed to the entrance of the Old building, but that same grey werewolf from before appeared from the skies and landed right in front of me, trying a kick against me! I was able to dodge it by jumping backwards, but before I could land, I felt something reaching for my behind and ripping my back like a knife, a quick slash that numbed my senses and tossed me into an unpleasant sensation of sleepiness, as if I was poisoned...
Before I could even hit the ground with my suddenly paralyzed body, I felt someone picking me by the shirt and smashing me down, and when I tried to stand up, two swords, one normal and another made out of light, trapped me between themselves, while shadows were casted upon me. When I could tell up from down, I opened my eyes, only to see Gremory, her knight, that girl and the werewolf all standing tall above me, the handsome one pinning me down while him and the girl had their swords trapping me between them. No escape, no backup, I was trapped...
"So, miss, do you give up now?" Gremory asks with her tendrils sprouting back to me in a threat. For that... I sighed a tired one, and laid my head on the concrete in defeat...
Aw man... I guess that's my loss...
Sorry, Annie-san.
That chapter... Almost threw me in another writer's block. Not because I felt tired or anything, but the emotional baggage... I felt I didn't have the guts to go with, mainly because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to pass how Annie/Sayuri feels about her own life and her relationship with her parents.
Not to sound insensitive, as I know how it feels, I wanted to pass the feeling of haplessness a child feels while facing a messy divorce, which is what Annie's situation basically amounts to. Parents still love her very much, that's a fact... But she does want them to live together and feel like a whole family. Selfish? Yes, probably. But I guess this is what her character arc is all about. Ichijou's identity, Berolina's self-worth, and now... Annie's . She's a ninja, after all. And like everyone else, she got a brutal wake up call.
Anyway, I thank you for reading this new chapter and please leave your feedback below to let me know how well/bad I handled that matter. Like always, I'm always trying my best with this fic.The longest night is getting close to an end.And Haruka-sama's accent is not helping Matters.