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[ga-yuu]

Yoichi and Shigehira Sequel Cute moments - Part 8 (Shigehira route)

Yoichi and Shigehira having a dick measuring contest in front of Yoshino. (No I'm not kidding!)

Yoichi: "All young master can do is hold her hand."

Shigehira: "At least it's better than you, who is always vulgar!"

Yoichi: "Huh!?"

Grabs each other's collar.

Yoshino: "Guys please!"

Yoichi: "Yoshino shut up!"

Shigehira: "This is between us, men. It has nothing to do with you."

Yoshino: "No, you were fighting about me."

Shigehira and Yoichi: "........"

Yoshino: "Don't be so silent all of a sudden!"

But then----

Yoritomo (whispering): "Kagetoki, move a little bit, I can't see."

Kagetoki(whispering): "I apologize. I wish I could, but this brawny king next to me has grown bigger lately."

Morinaga (whispering): "Oops sorry, I've been training a lot recently. Looks like my muscles have grown bigger."

Shigehira and Yoichi: *sighs*

Morinaga (whispering): "I have an idea, how about I carry Yoritomo-sama on my back?"

Yoritomo (whispering): "Like hell, I would let you. I still haven't forgiven you for that one time when you got so drunk that became overly excited and carried me on your back and ran all the way into the ocean."

Kagetoki (whispering): "Thank god it was night time and no one was around."

(Did that really happen!?....No that's not the point here!)

Shigehira: "What are you all doing? Come out already!"

Morinaga: "Oops, they caught us."

Kagetoki: "Don't mind us, please continue."

Yoritomo: "Keep going Shigehira."

All three of them entered the room, looking completely unapologetic.

Yoichi: "Seii taishogun and his right and left arms."

Morinaga: "Yep! But we're also hardcore Shigehira supporters."

Yoshino: "If you were here this whole time, why didn't you come out and help?"

Yoritomo: "No dummy. What's the fun in that?"

Yoichi: "Since how long have you been evasdropping?"

Kagetoki: "Just as when Shigehira grabbed Yoshino's hand and exclaimed his passionate feelings for her."

Shigehira: "At the worse time...!"

I asked the maids not to let anyone pass by, so as not to disturb us, but looks like they couldn't say no to the SHogun himself.

Shigehira was facepalming and Yoichi sighed.

Morinaga looked at both of them and....

Morinaga: "I don't why, but to me it looks like Shigehira and Yoichi are friends again!"

Shigehira: *blushing for no reason*

Yoichi: "Don't blush like that. Then again, it is little embarrassing."

Kagetoki: "I'm happy that your relationship have been fixed after all these years. Does Yoshino have anything to do with this?"

Yoritomo: "No wonder they were about to go back to fighting again."

Yoichi: "You're right, so can you leave us alone?"

Yoritomo: "Nope. This is the Shogunate, technically I own this place."

Shigehira: *sighs* "Usually it's always the four of them. But I'm at least glad that Tamamo is not here this time----"

As soon as Shigehira finished his sentence, the door to my room, instantly opened.

Tamamo: "I rushed in here because I felt like I was missing out something fun!"

Shigehira: "Yeah, just kill me already!"

(Of course)

Tamamo: "My tail sensed the entanglement of lust between a man and woman."

Could it get any worse?

Kurama: "No, I sensed a brawl coming. My eyes don't deceive me."

(Why is he here!?)

Yoichi: "It's over already. Go home!"

Kurama: "What a waste. Let's start a new one!"

Morinaga: "Oh? Are you that excited for a fight?"

Shigehira: "Don't swing your arms with a smile like that, please."

In the end, Morinaga and Kurama went to the dojo to fight and became friends.

............

I have to give these documents to Shigehira.

Yoshino: "Shigehira-kun I'm coming in."

Shigehira: "Yes."

I opened the door and...

Shigehira: "Thank you for bringing them all the way to my home."

Yoshino: "Your welcome?"

Yoichi: 'Hey"

Yoichi was for some reason, casually lying in Shigehira's room, waving at me.

Yoshino: "You're here too!"

(Since then, they have become very close I guess)

Yoichi: "What can I do? Shigehira was begging me to stay last night."

Yoshino: "Really!?"

Shigehira: "No, I didn't! You broke into my house to drink and slept here....."

Shigehira: "You were the one who said that you're sleepy and can't go home, right?"

Yoichi: "You say that, but you already had prepared a clean room and a futon before I even came here."

Shigehira: "....T-That's ...j-just something I did beforehand if I have any guests coming over. It's my way of showing hospitality."

Yoichi: "The breakfast was delicious too. I might as well stay here if we're gonna use Kamakura as a base."

Shigehira: "Eh?"

Shigehira (shyly): "I-If......you want. I'll think about it."

Yoichi: "Maybe I will also bring Yoshitsune-sama and the others here too."

Shigehira: "................I knew it. I hate you."

Yoichi: "Huh!?"

[tsuki-sennin]

To the big dumb maze we go! A very interesting variety of games this time around. I rather like the idea of the labyrinth. Embracing the roguelike image we've got with a battle royale bend? I mean, I'd play it...

Still though, what awaits Ukiyo Ace at the finish line? What sinister plots await in the shadows?

The DGP Scheme Game may soon reach a Fever Pitch! Despite a rough start, our current five will see this through to the end! Remember Riders, past and present! If you don't fight, you don't survive! ...huh... wonder where that came from, hmm~?

...anyways, Spoilers, I guess...

-Y'know Tsumuri, I'm pretty sure there were a hell of a lot more people than six. ...though then again, considering the sorry performance Letter had, I can't imagine we had much better.

-Ah, yep, understandably still quite miffed.

-Breakfast :)

-So, those kanji were just kinda... hangin' there, huh?

-Oh come now, he just wants a job! Movie stardom can't pay all the bills

-"Punkjack. Kill him."

-I see Tsumuri cares very much about the rules.

-Ah, yep~! There it is~! Gotten too big for you to control, huh Papa Giroli?

-Keiwa-kun! Is there a Merry sheep attatching itself on your soul?

-Don't encourage gacha addiction! What the fuck guys?

-Oh shit, here we go!

-Neon-san...

-Yeah, you tell her, Dad!

-...not that I think you're a good guy or anything, but anything to get Neon outta there.

-Ah, so you're the one calling him out, huh?

-Ohhhhhhhh, management is holding your mom hostage, huh Ace?

-Goddamn ringtone.

-Gather round, folks! It's time to play!

-I see Punkjack's getting along with Grandpa Keilow.

-Very epic fall shot.

-In the Jamato Hole.

-Oh fuck, it's Keiwa.

-...is that a Christmas reef collar?

-Oh, shit, it's an escort mission!

-Every gamer's favorite!

-That kid went from having the shittiest day ever to the best day ever.

-Azuma hjlklhglj

-Welp, Keiwa, this is the guy they got to replace you!

-Ah fuck, Win's layin' down the moves.

-Can't leave.

-Alright, Cipher time!

-Jyamato Maids?

-Oh shit, Lovelica's the mastermind.

-Time to boost on through, I guess!

-HENSHIN

-Ah fuck, Rider Troops so soon? Shit man, we're in big trouble now!

-Agony

-"Imma borrow this"

-Beat! And! Boost!

-Oh goddammit airhorn.

-Well, this sucks.

-Bonk!

-Man, the Jamato... I didn't think too much of them before, but they're horrifying creatures once we get down to it.

-The Game Master. ...you were everywhere on the cringe side of YouTube a few years ago. You did however star in one of my favorite Danny Gonzalez videos, so I guess I give you a pass.

-Poor dude's horrified.

-Riders. Good luck.

-Oh very smart Mr. Game Master. Just drop 'em in for anybody to pick up.

-Good job, Giroli. You done fucked up big time.

-Ohhhh...

-That's a garden.

-I never expected plants to come back so hard from Gaim, but...

-I see this old fella here is our new villain!

-Our package has arrived.

-I seeeee...

-Oh shit, no time to think about Kurama, the violence is beginning!

-Oh fuck, the slots.

-Okay, we cheated!

-Excuse you, Hareruya, she's his older sister. Get it right, man.

-Azuma just comes right in, sayin' "Heeeeey, I'm the one who's supposed to murder Geats!"

-"C'mon sonny, it's way too early for you to quit!"

-Ohhhhh... that's... very terrifying. Just... being made to give up.

-Natural Order?

-Ohhhhh, Keilow's gonna kick ass.

-Grandpa...

-Once again, a bird guy fought for the sake of someone far younger and paid dearly for doing the right thing.

-My man fought...

-GOLDEN FEVER!

-Believe and luck will find you!

-Boooom!

-Goddamn!

-I love these freeze frame shots so much.

-THERE IT IS!

-The Boostriker!

-Golden Fever Victory!

-Ah, ending with a Bike Hammer!

-Fuck

-Up we go!

-Oh shit, Jyamato.

-We're finding that there password next time.

-Keiwa, let's gooooo!

-Oh shit, two guns, huh Ace? Double shot.

-Let's gooooo!

[kazimakuwabara]

Kuwabara and red! (for your character word thingee!)

Not sure what this is for anymore, but you get a story!

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Kuwabara pulled himself from the stinking pool with a gasp. He coughed, spitting out a thick liquid as he crawled out of the stinking water.

“Ugh... fuck demon realm!” Kuwabara muttered, eyes closed tight against the ooze that poured over him. 

Kuwabara had just finished the killing blow on a demon, that had been devouring the souls of young children. He and the others had been sent out after the creature, a ‘nightmare-beast,’ a term coined by Koenma. It could fly, was twice Kuwabara’s height, had goat eyes, and when it “spoke,” sounded like the dull hum of a record player getting stuck on a scratch

Nightmare-beast had been a good name.

Kuwabara was glad, to be the one to make the last blow; not so glad that he fell almost 100 feet with it, into this stinking pool of water, after crashing through the tops of several trees.

Still coughing, he scrubbed at his eyes trying to wipe the thick liquid off, so he could properly see. He had opened his eyes once, and he had only seen red, his eyes stinging from whatever water he had fallen into. Spitting out another mouthful of the substance, he let himself collapse on his side, his hand on his face, idly rubbing the substance away.

He had been still only a moment, but in that time, the sound of someone landing near him, caught Kuwabara’s attention. Even with his eyes closed, his spiritual awareness picked up that it was Hiei.

Kuwabara opened his mouth to greet the shorter warrior, but instead, was swooped up and pressed into a crushing hug. 

Hiei had dug his hands into Kuwabara’s hair, and pressed Kuwabara’s face against his neck, while Hiei’s other arm secured around Kuwabara’s waist. Kuwabara was so shocked he stopped breathing.

What in the world was going on here?

“No, no... no... no!” Hiei was muttering, his voice... frantic. His hand at Kuwabara’s waist was creeping along Kuwbara’s back, fingers looking for... something?

‘He’s checking me for injury,’ Kuwabara suddenly thought, and finally, he spoke, “Hiei! Hiei! Hey, I’m fine! Just covered in-”

Hiei pulled Kuwabara away from him, and his hands smoothed over Kuwabara’s face, clearing away the goo that covered Kuwbara’s face. Kuwabara opened his eyes, and flinched at the strange look on Hiei’s face. He looked... terrified.

He also had a lot of red all over...

“Is that blood!? Where are you bleeding?” Kuwabara burst, wiggling from Hiei’s grasp, and hands flying to Hiei’s body. Hiei’s chest felt firm and whole beneath his hands, but he had to be injured somewhere to account for all this... red!

“M-Me?” Hiei sputtered, his eyes flashing with rage, “You’re the one covered in blood! This is yours!”

“No it’s not...” Kuwabara stopped speaking, as he noticed his arms. They were red. He looked down, and in fact-all of him was red. He was covered in a thick red goop.

Kuwabara looked behind him, “Oh gross! It’s that strange little pond I fell into when I fell with that demon!” The pool of foul-smelling water, was perhaps not water, but was a red pool of... stuff. Kuwabara hoped, it wasn’t blood...

“It’s an algae,” Kurama’s voice spoke, appearing behind Hiei, a frazzled Yusuke at his side, “It blooms red in humid areas... which is good. It’s not poisonous when it's red.”

“Oh thank God!” Yusuke said, staring hard at Kuwabara, “You look... God I thought the worst! You look like you’re drenched in blood man!”

Kuwabara looked back at himself, to Kurama and Yusuke, and then back to Hiei who was still quietly staring at Kuwabara, a rigid tension in his body. Kuwabara gently reached out, touching a stained part of Hiei’s cloak, “Yeah sorry Hiei... I must look a real wreck-”

“A wreck? A wreck?! You fell a thousand fucking feet from the air, on top of a monstrous beast, into an unknown demonic forest... “ Hiei brushed Kuwabara off, hissing with fear, anger, and embarrassment, “You looked dead! What were you doing just lying there?!”

“I...I didn’t know what I looked like!? I fell in a pool of water, from only like, a hundred feet by the way, and almost drowned! So fuck me, for catching my breath, I guess!” Kuwabara snorted, futilely trying to wipe some red goo from his ears.

Hiei grabbed Kuwabara by the collar and pulled him close, growling in Hiei’s face.

“Hiei... be nice...” Kurama warned, Yusuke stifling his laughter behind his hand.

Hiei pulled Kuwabara closer and pressed his mouth against Kuwabara’s in a firm, and biting kiss. And just before Kuwabara could respond, broke away from the kiss and threw Kuwabara back into the pool, before disappearing from sight.

Kurama sighed, “Oh dear, he’s so dramatic.”

Kuwabara came up for air, screeching and sputtering, “I should have NEVER told you I liked you! I would have kept my big dumb mouth shut, if I had known what HELL I was in store for!”

Yusuke just pointed and laughed, Kuwabara having to once again, drag himself from the stinking pool’s depths.

Demons and dating were rough, especially if you combined the two.

[johannepetereric]

Hairs are Genetic: Part 1

Morning of Day 1 of the Chunin Exams...

Naruto: *yawn* I feel like I should bring flowers today.

Naruto goes to the Yamanaka Flower Ship to buy a whole friggin’ bouquet, particularly red flowers. Later, with meeting Gaara...

Gaara: Kankuro, let him go.

Naruto: *holds out the bouquet of flowers* Will you marry me? Red is bestest color! *heart pounding ridiculously loud*

Kyuubi scoffs inside the mindscape.

Gaara: *squints* No.

Naruto: *depression cloud, squatting on the ground* My life is over as I know it...

Sakura: Eh?! NO GAYNESS! *about to hit Naruto*

Gaara: *envelopes her arm in sand, tightly, painfully* However, leave him be. He is honest. *turns back to his siblings* Let’s go.

Temari and Kankuro: Eh?! Ok, sir!

Naruto: *snapping out* Waaait! I’m Naruto Uzumaki! What’s your name, Your Hotness?!

Temari and Kankuro: *scared for their lives* *hightails it outta there, leaving a large dust cloud behind them*

Gaara: *faces Naruto in the eyes* Gaara no Sabaku. Do not be mistaken, Naruto Uzumaki. I will kill you later. Just not now.

He walks away...and Naruto reverts to his depresson cloud. He doesn’t recover until he sees the fight with Lee.

Naruto: Should I root for Gaara-Senpai, or for Lee? I want Gaara’s babies--Kyuubi said I could--but Lee is a comrade...

Once he sees Lee lost and hospitalized, Might Guy stopping the attack, Naruto’s heart beats faster. He adjusts his collar, suddenly feeling hot, his stomach making somersaults in itself.

Naruto: So sexy...*smirks, turned on by the sight of red (blood)* I’ve decided. I’ve met my soulmate. Forget Sakura-chan--she’s not red enough.

Throughout the Chunin Exams, all Naruto could think of is Gaara, replacing Sakura in his mind. Kyuubi, in the ditch, coming into his mindscape, inquired further about the baby thing.

Kyyuubi: Gaki, I’m a demon. Of course if you bottomed, you could carry babies.

Naruto: *twerking victory dance*

Naruto and Kyuubi bond over lusty feelings, and that Naruto loves Kyuubi’s red chakra.

Before leaving his mindscape, Kyuubi says one last thing.

Kurama: Gaki, call me Kurama. Bring up your love to “Ero-Sennin,” and he might consider making a novel out of it.

Naruto nods vigorously, Kurama and him being on friendlier terms now. The Jinchuriki does indeed bring it up to Jiraiya. Jiraiya is crying pride, silently thinking his pride to the heavens.

Jiraiya: Minato, your son is just like you. Maybe Namikazes have a thing for redheads after all!

Once he leaves, Jiraiya sets out to create an Icha-Icha Yaoi series. A year into the 3-year training, Naruto gets the first copy. Also, disclaimer to “a gay-baka all grown-up”

During the battle against Gaara, Naruto cannot stop his boner and get scolded by Gamabunta for it (”This is not the time for your pubic antics, baka!”). Naruto uses “defeat” instead of “kill.” When Gaara and Naruto were face-to-face, bleeding to death on the ground, instead of calling Gaara a friend, he whispers “Will you marry me, Senpai?” Gaara just sighs exasperatedly, smiles softly, and says “I’ll think about it, Naruto-kun.”

Gaara barely though about it during the three-year timeskip, but...

During the rest of Naruto (not Shippuden. I mean, in the filler episodes between losing to Sasuke and coming back from the 3-year training trip), Naruto and Gaara meet multiple times for missions. Naruto is a serious flirt while Gaara is being a tsundere/kuudere about it.

Clarifying the Sakura sitch...

Just before Sakura sends Naruto out to retrieve Sasuke...

Sakura: *tries to punch Naruto*

Naruto: *dodges it, narrowly receiving further brain damage* What the hell, Sakura?!

Sakura: * fists pointed star Naruto* WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?! AM I SUDDENLY NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU ANYMORE?!

Naruto: *waving his hands like Xs* Y-Yeah, Sakura! I’m not as interested in you. Pink isn’t exactly the best color! RED IS BESTEST COLOR! Sorry-not sorry, Sakura! At least you have more time to seduce *cringes* Sasuke!

Sakura: *fisted hands on her waist* Fine, Naruto-Baka!

Sakura’s speech stays.

(Yes, Author-San saw the end of the Naruto series—even the filler. I love the final arc of that series, where Gaara is rescued—yes, even before becoming Kazekage. That also includes flirting. That is the first time that Gaara truly accepts this love radiating from Naruto)

[ga-yuu]

~Kurama~Main Story Chapter 2~

Chapter 1

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-----Part 1-----

Kurama: “Don’t you dare interrupt me!.”

As I opened my eyes in despair, I heard a voice above me, which was the most sullen voice I’ve ever heard.

Demon: “Gyaaaaa!”

Yoshino: “Nghh.....”

The invisible wind blades sliced the limbs of the demon brutally.

The demon collapsed struggled violently on the ground in a black mass.

Kurama: “Crushed like a bug.”

(Why.)

I looked back, ducking my eyes against the strong wind blowing. Kurama pulls a fan from his waist and gives it a big flash.

Kurama: “I won’t allow a fly like you to interrupt me, so be  ready for what’s coming to you.”

Demon: "Aaarghh.....forgive.....me....."

Kurama: "Ohh, how do you want me to forgive you?"

Looking at the demon with red eyes full of contempt, Kurama exhales in a world of boredom.

Yoshino: "Be careful!"

The fallen arm emerged struggling like a living thing.

It tries to attach the rest of it's body one by one, when----

Kurama: "It's no use, if the spell wounds the soul so deeply, no amount of regeneration will catch up."

True to his word, the arm fizzled out in front of us, never to return to its original state.

(What an overwhelming power....)

Kurama: "Apparently, there's nothing to look forward to."

He tells the limbless demon coldly, and Kurama lifts his fan once more.

Kurama: "Good. Now fly away...."

The wind, which rolls with the dust, becomes a weapon and attacks the limbless demon.

In an instant, the body was chopped into pieces and unable to regenerate in time, disappeared from the ground one by one.

Kurama: "............."

Kurama looked at it with no emotion whatsoever.

Yoshino: "Umm....thank you for helping me."

Kurama looks at me as I try to talk to him, forcing my tongue, which is tense, to move.

Kurama: "Don't get me wrong. I have not the slightest reason to help you."

Yoshino: "Then why?"

Kurama: "I told you so. That bug was interrupting me and it made me uncomfortable. One after another, something keeps spoiling my bath time."

(That's why....?)

(I was saved, but I wonder if there was any hesitation for Kurama to take the life of the same demon.)

Kurama: "Yeah, but there were some good things too."

Yoshino: "Good things?"

His fingertips touched his black hair, which was now completely dry, and the corners of his lips lifted happily.

Kurama: "All dry."

(Hmmm......I'm sure you're very different from us.)

(He took life as naturally as if it were the blink of an eye, without any effort or hesitation whatsoever.)

Kurama: "So, why are you not killing me?"

-----Part 2-----

Kurama: "So, why are you not killing me?"

Yoshino: "Eh?"

Kurama: "You should have used the powers you received from Tamamo."

(That's...)

Yoshino: "I only got my powers a few days ago. And I was so self-conscious at the time...."

(I believed that demons were an imaginary entity, and now I'm suddenly fighting it.)

Kurama: "It's not worth talking about. No matter how much power you have in your hands, if you are weak in spirit you will not be able to use it."

Yoshino: "I am....."

A moment later, a large hand reached out to me.

(........!)

He scoops up my chin with his fingertips and looks directly into my eyes.

Kurama: "It's just an insignificant light of life."

Whispering in a low voice, Kurama slid his fingers from his chin to my throat.

Yoshino: "Sto...p...."

Kurama: "I see you've learned your lesson once and for all."

I can't even argue with the mocking sound of it.

Meanwhile, his fingers slowly traced the way down my throat....

(Ah)

It stopped when it touched the center of my trembling chest.

Kurama: "Are you afraid to die? Little puss."

(Is he going to----)

The cold rises in my throat and I forgot to blink in fear.

Kurama: "Then, don't ever come near me again."

I looked up at Kurama in dismay as he easily pulled himself away from me.

Yoshino: ".....Don't want to kill me?"

Kurama: "It doesn't matter to me, whether humans live or die. I don't like the idea of being bound to the most vulnerable and mediocre creatures. If you want to die, you can drown yourself in the river over there."

Yoshino: "I'm not planning to die!"

I hurriedly distanced myself, trying to get my confused head back together.

Yoshino: "But I thought the rebels would see me as an enemy, you know since I have the fox powers and all."

Kurama: "The news that you have accepted the protection of the Shogunate has already reached Yoshitsune. And you’ll enter the battlefield even though you’re unworthy of it, so for sure you will be hunted. But....this time Benkei said, "Don't go there and start a war, get it?" and that's why I didn't create a scene."

(Oh I see....)

(But whatever the reason, it's true that Kurama saved my life this time.)

When I looked at Kurama with mixed feelings, when....

Morinaga: "Heyyy, Yoshino!"

Kurama: "......."

(That voice, is it Morinaga-san?)

Shigehira: "She must not have gone that far, right?"

(Shigehira-san is with him too!)

Kurama: "People from Shogunate."

-----Part 3-----

Kurama: "People from Shogunate."

Yoshino: "....! Quick, come over here."

I quickly hide him and myself behind the trunk of a large tree.

Kurama: "What are you doing?"

Yoshino: "Just...come over here."

In a hushed voice, I tugged Kurama's exposed arm and pulled him closer.

Kurama: "Hey, little puss!"

Yoshino: "Shhhhh....."

(.....Scary)

My legs were shaking like crazy, even though I'm the one who approached.

(What am I even doing? But....)

I keep my body close to the tree and watched them.

Shigehira: "Tamamo-san is not bullshitting me, right? He said Yoshino-san went to the mountains to pick herbs in the morning."

Morinaga: "Well, she was not in her room, so it must be true. And I can understand that you’re worried, because it's already late."

Shigehira: ".....I'm not."

Shigehira-san murmured in response to Morinaga-san's calm voice.

Shigehira: "If Tamamo hadn't been summoned by Yoritomo-sama, I wouldn’t have come instead of him."

(Tamamo asked them to pick me up.)

(But this is good. They will pass by without noticing us.)

Kurama: "What, no Tamamo?"

Yoshino: "Please, suppress your voice, or they'll find us."

Kurama: "!"

Kurama's eyebrows furrowed as I covered his mouth with my hand as he continued to speak.

(Not good, I think he's mad...)

Kurama: "............"

(Waahhh.....)

Just when I was frightened, a hot, soft tongue suddenly crawled across my palm.

Yoshino(blushing): "Mm......"

The next bite on my fingertips made my shoulders shake.

Yoshino: "What are you...."

Kurama: "That's my line. Don't give me orders."

The reluctantly lit heat is struck by the cool sound of the voice and drains away.

Yoshino: "Because if you don't hide properly, they will attack you."

Kurama: "I wish they would...."

Yoshino: "Eh?"

I looked up at Kurama in amazement as he told me the obvious.

Kurama: "I have heard that Morinaga is called a ‘Fierce general’. Shigehira, too, was once praised by Yoshitsune. There will be some bones to pick."

Yoshino: "You said you were not going to create a scene in Kamakura, right......?"

Kurama: "It depends. If I want to, I can."

(You’re so...)

Kurama: "Anyways, what the hell are you doing? What are you trying to do by hiding me from your allies?"

A suspicious look pierces my face and I shrug.

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1. There is a big reason...

2. I don't think you understand...(+4/+4)

3. I don't know what I was doing....

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Yoshino: "....I don't think you'll understand, even if I say it."

Kurama: "I have no intention in understanding your heart. Just give me facts."

I gulped and murmured

Yoshino: "My body just went into action. I don't want you to be in danger in front of me after you've helped me for whatever reason."

(I think I'm being a bit sweet here.)

Kurama: "......"

After listening to what I had to say, Kurama's eyes flickered.

Kurama: "I don't understand you." (This line is going to be throughout this route.)

(Ah, for the first time I think I might have seen some human-like emotions in Kurama.)

My eyes widen in surprise, but my thoughts are soon interrupted.

Morinaga: "Did you hear someone's voice?"

Shigehira: "Huh, are you sure? Where?"

(What should I do....they're coming this way.)

Kurama: "How annoying."

Yoshino: "Huh?"

Annoyingly, Kurama grabbed me by the collar and then----

(No way!?)

He easily puts me over his shoulder and the next thing I know is I was floating.

When I realized that I was flying on Kurama, I held back my squeal.

Soon the ground was distancing itself from us.

(......So fast!!)

Yoshino: "Ku-Ku....rama...san...!"

Kurama: "Don't add any more honorifics to my name."

------Part 4------

Yoshino: "Ku-Ku....rama...san...!"

Kurama: "Don't add any more honorifics to my name."

(What are you talking about at such time!?)

Desperately, I tried to answer back.

Yoshino: “...Does that mean I can call you by your first name?”

Kurama: “No matter what you call me, no matter how you talk to me, it’s clear that you and I are not equals. It’s so annoying to address each others with titles.”

Yoshino: “Mm...I understand, Kurama.”

(I don’t want to be killed for being annoying, and I’m scared, but if he doesn’t mind, then that’s fine.)

Kurama: “What’s wrong, puss.”

Yoshino: “Why are we flying....”

Kurama: “Were you dreaming? You were the one who wanted them to not find us.”

(That’s right!)

Yoshino: “Why did I do that....”

Kurama: “This is just to make up being distracted by your ramblings.”

It was difficult to understand the absurdity of his actions even when they are explained.

Meanwhile, the wind is whistling in our ears and the scenery is changing in the blink of an eye.

(What’s going to happen to me?)

Kurama: “If you make noise, I’ll drop you.”

The wind blew the tears from my face.

(....I want to cry because I feel helpless.)

(Kurama doesn’t seem to be planning to kill me for the moment, so I believe him.)

As I look ahead----

Yoshino: “Ah.....”

The breathtaking blue sky feels much closer than it does on the ground.

(I’m going to get sucked in.)

Below, the mountain peaks have a bluish hue, the trees are bathed in the light and greenery spreads out.

Further on, I could see the sea.

Yoshino: “----Fascinating.”

Kurama: “......!”

(Is that the center of Kamakura?)

The roofs of the houses are small, and if you look closely, you can see a whitish road leading down to the sea.

Yoshino: “Kamakura looks small, when viewed from this height.”

So many houses in a small town carved out of a large natural area.

(It’s amazing to think that there are people living in that one.)

Kurama: “Hey.”

(Oh dear, did I get carried away and make too much noise?)

I noticed Kurama’s raised eyebrows and the blood rushed to my face.

Yoshino(blushing): “I’m sorry...it was beautiful view and....”

Kurama: “Why are you suddenly stretching out when you used to shrink back a moment ago? Are you not scared anymore?” (For those who don’t know, Yoshino’s behavior changes in seconds. She’s quite unpredictable and male leads finds it fascinating how many expressions she shows in one minute.)

------Part 5------

Kurama: “Are you not scared anymore?”

(It doesn’t look like he’s angry...)

I take a short breath and then carefully search for an answer to his question.

Yoshino: “Because, if you think about it, I’ve never flown before... I couldn’t imagine how different it would be unlike what you see from the ground. But you.....Kurama, you always see such beautiful scenery.”

Kurama: “......”

(Selfish, unreasonable. Exactly like Tamamo described...)

(But maybe it’s because you see this every day, might be the reason why you’re not excited as I am.)

And it is because Kurama is such a strong demon that he is able to hold me like this.

Yoshino: “I’m jealous, you know.”

Kurama: “.....I don’t understand you.”

Kurama murmurs in a low voice and stares deep into my eyes.

Kurama: “Is this height of the sky so fresh? For me, it’s something I’ve seen a thousand times, no, tens thousands of times over the past 300 years.”

Yoshino: “....! That’s long!”

Kurama: “It’s not like the fragile life of a human being.”

(Oh, I see.)

Yoshino: “That’s why.”

Kurama: “What wrong?”

I continued softly, feeling strangely at ease.

Yoshino: “A human’s life is short and there is little he can do. I think that’s why I’m so moved by each experience. I’m sure this is the first and last time I’ll fly in my life. It would be a shame to be afraid.”

Kurama: “You....”

Yoshino: “Eh?”

He was about to say something when Kurama interrupted, looking unhappy.

Kurama: “I’m tired. We’re landing.”

(Yikes!!)

With the declaration, the body that was being held by Kurama....

(I’m about to fall!)

As I was clinging on to him, I heard Kurama laughing in my ear as if he was making fun of me.

The fall stops with a slight jolt.

(Not on......the ground.)

I was lowered into the branch of a large overhanging tree.

Yoshino: “Ha..... I thought I was going to die.”

Kurama: “It’s called once-in-a-life time experience, like you said. Rejoice, that you have died in an extraordinary way.”

Yoshino: “I wouldn’t be happy if I die because I wouldn’t be able to experience anything else....”

I’m having trouble saying it back, but I feel something blowing up inside me.

(Something’s strange.)

(Maybe the various experiences have been so intense that the fear has gone.)

Yoshino: “I’ve made, Morinaga-san and Shigehira-san worry.”

Kurama: “Well, sit here and count the number of leaves on this tree to kill time. They will eventually give up and go down the mountain. Those who crawl on the ground do not know how to look up.”

(So that means, I and Kurama will be alone for a while.)

Yoshino: “Um, can I ask you a question? Why do you want to fight Tamamo so badly?”

Kurama: “Because he’s strong. Do you need any other reason?”

I thought he would ignore my question, but he answered back.

Kurama: “Only the excitement of fighting the strong will satisfy my thirst.”

Yoshino: “But if you fight, you might hurt yourself.”

Kurama: “So what? If I lose my life, I have no regrets. The moment you start to think that you’ll hurt yourself, you’re already weak.”

(....So that’s you’re principles.)

I will eventually have to fight this demon who lives by unknown principles.

(For that reason, I have to understand Kurama as much as possible.)

Yoshino: “So you signed up with Yoshitsune to take part in the war because you want excitement?”

Kurama: “I’m not interested in the warfare. I only help those I find interesting.”

Chapter 3

[ga-yuu]

~Kurama~Main Story Chapter 15~Part 1

Chapter 14

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He gently combed my messy bangs and then, his neat face slowly approaches.....

(Ah.....)

He drops a kiss on my forehead and my heart skips a beat.

Kurama: "Humans are annoying. But, you make me do the strangest things. Like listening to idle talking, watching out for weak people and offering them a hand."

Yoshino: "Kurama....?"

(Why did you do that...?)

It's not the usual playful touch, but a genuinely caring gesture that makes my chest tighten sweetly.

Kurama: "----I'm already acting weird. What the hell is happening to me?"

Kurama frowned irritatingly and moved away.

Kurama: ".....Benkei and Yoichi said they would treat you as a guest from now on, right?"

Yoshino: "Yeahh....so what about it?"

I asked feeling confused by the sudden change of subject.

Kurama(glaring cutely): "I don't like the idea of being the only one who keeps you as a prisoner."

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1. What's with the rivalry?(+4/+4)

2. Why?

3. That's not a problem, right?

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Yoshino: "What's with the sudden rivalry....?"

Kurama: "It's not rivalry. It's just a natural conclusion of those who own you. I'll think about how I'm going to treat you from now on."

Kurama dismissed the subject unilaterally and left the room.

Yoshino: "Wait....."

(...Wait! I can't sleep like this.)

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The next day-----

Kurama: "Yoshino. We're going out."

Yoshino: "Excuse me?"

(You just barged into my room without knocking and I'm here just trying to get rid of this hangover.....What time is it, again!?)

Kurama: "We're going to the Otherworld."

Yoshino: "What? Where?"

(I think I didn't hear you right!)

Kurama: "Are you deaf?.....Or maybe the after-effects from overworking?"

Yoshino: "Wrong!"

Kurama: "Good. Now stop being lazy and get up."

Yoshino: "No wait. First, you have to explain things----"

Kurama: "Don't worry. I already told Yoshitsune. It won't be like last night."

(No! First, you had to explain everything to me...!!)

Yoshino: "----And STOP PULLING MY CLOTHES!!"

..............

Kurama: "......and that's what the Otherworld is. Don't make me repeat it."

Kurama reluctantly explains everything while walking around the town of Hiraizumi.

Yoshino: "I've heard a little bit about the Otherworld from Tamamo before, I heard that only demons live there,....and it's not a place that humans should go often..."

(But what's the reason that you're taking me....?)

Kurama: “There are places in the Otherworld that are harmful to humans, and there are places that are not. Either way, if a human goes there, he or she is bound to fall prey to the demons.”

Yoshino: “Will I get eaten!?”

Kurama: “Idiot! Do you think there will be a foolish demon alive out there that will dare to touch my toy when I’m around? If anyone should come near you, I’ll tear them to pieces.”

(In simple words, you’ll protect me no matter what, right?)

Yoshino: “But why are you taking me there?”

Kurama: “To thank you.”

Yoshino: “Thank me?”

Kurama: “I thought about it last night. The party was, as they told you, was a gesture of them showing their gratitude towards you. So I wanted to thank you in my own way.”

(You mean....)

I suddenly remembered the conversation we had after we left Heikichiro-san’s house.

----------FLASHBACK---------

Kurama: “Yoshino. I’m reassessing your value. Apparently, you have a strength that I don’t know about. ....I’m proud of you.”

Yoshino: "Are you...perhaps....do you want me to take that statement as a 'Thank you."

Kurama: "...............Think of it however you want."

---------FLASHBACK ENDS--------

(So maybe...he’s starting to care for me?)

He’s not trying to actually say ‘Thank you’ in words but instead, he’s trying to show it through his actions.

I felt ticklish when I thought about it and started to giggle.

Kurama: “Why are you laughing?”

--------Part 2--------

Kurama: “Why are you laughing?”

Yoshino(blushing): “You’re imagining things.”

Kurama: “Do you think you can hide your red cheeks from me?”

I smiled more and more when I saw Kurama making a face that screams ‘Why am I doing this?’.

(I can’t help but be happy for Kurama’s feelings, regardless of why the destination is the Otherworld.)

........................

(You said you were taking me to the entrance to the Otherworld........But what a way to go, we’ve come pretty far!)

Kurama brought me to the mountains around Hiraizumi.

We tied our horse we had ridden on the way to the tree and went further into the woods. (I don’t know how they got a horse when they were walking around town.)

Kurama: “Haa! Flying would have been much faster, you know. But Yoshitsune and others forced me to take a horse.”

Yoshino: “Looks like it was a good thing that you told them before going on a long journey.”

Kurama: “It’s better to listen to them than hearing their nonstop complaints later. But I don’t like the idea of them having even a little bit of you.”

(....Just like yesterday.)

I’m a bit confused by the suggestion of exclusivity.

(What does Kurama thinks of me?)

(His toy? A prey to be kept alive? Or prisoner?)

(I’ve always thought of myself as being like that.)

Kurama: “It’s here.”

My thoughts were cut off when I heard Kurama’s thoughts.

Yoshino: “Here? I can’t see anything here.”

Kurama: “I can smell the Otherworld through the slightest hole. A mere mortal wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.”

(Really...)

Yoshino: “Are there many places like this?”

Kurama: “To a certain extent. Some holes close quickly, others appear irregularly. I could drill a hole with a spell, but that would require a high amount of my magic.”

Yoshino: “Okay, I get it.”

Kurama: “We’re going. Ready?”

Yoshino: “Wait! I need time to prepare! Is there anything I need to prepare first----”

Kurama laughed lightly when he saw me panicking.

Kurama: “Just take my hand and close your eyes. That’s all you need to do.”

Yoshino: “Mm...”

While my heart was not quite ready yet when I saw Kurama holding out his hands towards me, I don’t feel anxious.

(Oh....)

When I placed my hand on his big palm, he draws me towards him and I was completely wrapped in Kurama’s warmth.

Holding my hand with one hand and the other touching my back, Kurama quickly closed his eyes.

Kurama: “-----It’s time to fall into the hole in the gap.”

His voice echoed and the surroundings around is begins to distort.

Yoshino: “.....!”

I instantly closed my eyes and only felt Kurama’s existence.

The sound of trees and the chirpings of birds that filled the area has suddenly become distant.

Kurama: “Good. Now, open your eyes.”

Yoshino: “This is....”

Kurama: “The Otherworld.”

(At first glance it looks like normal but....the air is different.)

When I looked around, the plants and trees in the area is also different.

Yoshino: “I feel heavy.”

Kurama: “Feeling nausea is normal. Let’s get to our destination as quickly as possible.”

Then, he spreads his black wings.

Kurama: “Hold on tight.”

(Perfect for the atmosphere of the Otherworld....)

Kurama picks me up easily regardless of me who is admiring him.

Yoshino(blushing): “Th-Thank you.”

(I’m afraid I’m getting more and more used to his behavior all of a sudden.)

In the midst of the powerful sound of wings, I looked down gently.

Yoshino: “Woww!! The landscape looks totally different.”

Kurama: “And so it shall be.”

----------Part 3-----------

Yoshino: “Woww!! The landscape looks totally different.”

Kurama: “And so it shall be.”

Kurama smiles in satisfaction as I gawk at him.

Kurama: “I’ve seen this sight all the time and it’s not bad to see your delightful face seeing the skies of this world.”

Yoshino: “Oh! What’s that? That, glowing dog-like creatures....”

Kurama: “Don’t go near them. They eat human bones.”

(It looks cute, but it’s scarier than I thought! After all, this is the Otherworld.)

Kurama flies in the sky with all the scenery in his sight.

He looks like the King of Demons.

................

As the night falls.

More and more the air of the Otherworld smells heavy and mysterious.

Kurama: “This is it.”

(Woahh........!)

My eyes widened when I saw a magnificent cherry blossom tree in full bloom.

Yoshino: “Beautiful.....they have cherry blossoms in the Otherworld too. And I can’t believe they’re blooming at this time of year.”

Kurama: “The seeds must have spilled out of the Human world. The air around here is suitable for humans, so it has germinated, grown over time, and adapted to the atmosphere of the Otherworld.”

(You’re right, the air here is very clear.)

It doesn’t have the clinging weight that I felt when I first arrived in the Otherworld.

Kurama: “Do you like it?”

Yoshino: “Yes! Very much!!”

(Did you wanted to show me this view?)

(Did you think that it would make me happy?)

When I think about those questions, my heart was full.

Yoshino: “Thank you very much for bringing me here, Kurama.”

Kurama: “-----Yeah.”

I turned and smiled, and then, the Otherworldly wind blew my hair.

As if on a whim, Kurama reached out and combed the hair on my cheek with his fingertips.

Yoshino: “Mm......”

(Hehe, that tickles....)

A strange heat smoldered in my heart like a burning fever.

Pale pink petals fluttered and falls above our heads.

Yoshino: “If you look closely, the color of the blossom seems to be a little darker than the cherry blossoms of the human world.”

Kurama: “You’re a bit of a trifler, aren’t you?”

Yoshino: “I noticed it when was struck in awe, and I tend to do it most of the time. But the wind makes it look even more magical, like something out of a dream.”

(I’ll never forget this view.)

The wind blew again and it started raining petals.

Yoshino: “!!”

I noticed Kurama was staring at me.

The petals on his black hair, disheveled by the wind, fell dreamily as if it were afraid to touch Kurama.

Yoshino(blushing): “.......How beautiful.”

Kurama: “You said the same thing earlier.”

(I can’t tell him that this time I was mentioning Kurama and not the cherry blossoms.....)

Kurama touches my collar as the wind dances gently with the flurries.

Kurama: “You’re covered in petals. It looks stupid but....not bad.”

(Eh.....)

Kurama’s face, a little down on his eyelashes, approaches------

His lips caught the petal that had fallen on my collar.

(What the....I can’t look...)

Kurama: “Got it!”

Yoshino(blushing): “.....You could’ve just picked it up normally.”

Kurama: “Don’t tell me what to do. Anyway, you said, you like the way the wind blows and the flowers fall, don’t you? Now look.”

Kurama takes out his fan and spreads it loosely.

Then the wind started to gather in one place-----

(.......!)

The increasing force of the wind made me close my eyes.

(Is he using his magic!?)

Kurama: “You won’t see if you close your eyes.”

Yoshino: “What are you doing....?”

Kurama: “I’m going to drop all the flowers on this tree. Watch them fall as much as you like.”

Yoshino: “No, wait!”

I stop his hand that was about to swing the fan.

Kurama: “What?”

I made sure that the wind slowly dies down and Kurama stopped using his magic power.

Yoshino: “I’m glad you feel that way, but I think cherry blossoms are only beautiful when they fall naturally. I think it’s the dreaminess that makes you want to see it again after it’s gone.”

Kurama: “.........?”

(His face says “I don’t understand you.”)

Kurama: “I don’t understand you.”

Part 2