Kazama Chikage x Yukimura Chizuru
Dark night, dark feeling; everything was black, her mood, her feelings, her world. Everything around her felt like slowly disappearing into the darkness of the forest. She was following a road, following a man who was going to kill her father. Her eyes couldn't look away from his violet coat and blond hair. She was behind him, following his slow pace and letting her mind wander. They were walking toward a place she didn't want to go; they were meeting a man she was afraid to confront. No matter how many times her recent life had proven how horrible her father was, she couldn't be ready. She didn't want to be ready. How was it called already? Denial.
Chizuru stopped walking when they arrived in front of the big inn, staring the place with her demonic eyes. She could sense them. Furies. She could sense him. Her father. The air suddenly felt heavier and breathing almost became cumbersome. The young woman knew she had to take a step; just a single step that might help her move forwards. She promised it to herself and to the man in front of her. She had to take responsibility for her father behaviour; for all the horrible monsters he had created; simply for all the suffering the Shinsengumi had to endure because of him. She would never forgive him. But she could never accept it either.
The demon then felt the silence stare Kazama was giving to her. She wouldn't turn her head; she wouldn't let her cheeks become red either. Embarrassed? No she wasn't. Her heart felt too heavy and hurt; feelings like embarrassment or confusion couldn't touch her now. She could feel it, his concern about her. He didn't need to talk. Just his eyes and his serious face were enough. As the Moon continued to share its pale glow to the dark night, Chizuru closed her eyes, accepting the fact that her father had to die. Will she share his fate along? This idea came to her mind a long time ago but now, could she really die with him? The brown-haired woman opened her eye-lids again, letting her demonic power lightening her eyes as a way to confirm her choice.
"I'm not afraid to walk in this world alone. However, I am afraid to walk into this inn alone." She simply said with an unusual serious tone. "Can you come with me?"
Her question was followed by a step towards him and a hand on his Western coat. She knew his answer; she just needed to hear it at this precise moment.
"I won't let you go there alone, Chizuru." The blond demon simply said, taking the woman's hand with his and walking toward the inn where he'll finished what he had to do.
When the inn became empty and covered by dead bodies, the young woman just felt on the ground and cried endlessly. She didn't know what she would have become if Kazama's arms weren't here to reassure her. She just knew that she couldn't die yet. She had someone who was waiting for her after all.