Where do we go from here

by optionbutton

Yuya escapes from a massacre with a promise to hunt the criminals down. Unbeknownst to her, Kyo the legendary demon General of the Mibu Clan is on a mission to find the younger sister to Shaman Shiina Nozomu. A story told on the adventurous whims of the blonde and the samurai who live life as they please until duty and obligations call them back. Snippets of 100 word chapters.

14. Giving up

C14 Giving up

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Despair sapped every last bit of Yuya's courage. The weight of smiling faces of the dead playing in a continuous loop across her sightless eyes brought her to her hands and knees.

She had failed to protect them.

If anything, death seemed the best option.

"Why?"

"…"

Maybe this shinigami was here for her. "What do you want from me?"

She was granted a thick silence.

Just as well, answers would not revive the dead and what was she going to do with the information anyway? Say 'oh, okay'?

Yuya's eyes closed in resignation. "Please. Just get it over with."