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.

126. Reconciliation

126 Reconciliation

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"Thanks, Kyo. I appreciate the lesson and the reality check. As you said, my current skills are…"

He saw a tremble he wished he hadn't seen. The hard-headed bounty hunter was replaced by a fragility that shook him. She had internalised his words, had taken on a burden that was not hers. "Dogface. What I said…had no meaning."

She gasped as a large hand cupped her jaw, turning her towards his red gaze. "You couldn't have saved your friends, regardless of your strength, regardless of this…training." He insisted, "Honour and bravery will never outmatch savagery. You did your best."