He wanted to reach for her cheek, to wipe away the tears, but his hand wouldn’t move. Parting his lips to tell her he wasn’t the enemy ended in no sound as his body completely stilled. It was like death but yet not. He could see and hear everything and it distressed him that it had come to this. What had Tadamichi done to her?
Kyoko looked down between them at her hand that was still gripping the handle of the dagger. Her fingers were now covered in blood… his blood. Her shoulders dropped and shook as she fought to draw in breath through the pain. Why… why had he made her do it? She suddenly hated what she was… she was no better than him.
A crimson tear ran from the corner of Hyakuhei’s eye as he was left with only the ability to see and hear her. She looked like a wounded angel as she c
