#Mᴇʀʀʏᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ | Memes

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❝ you may think this is a one time thing but i promise, i will kill again. ❞ ( sings corrupt mikazuki )

[tw: implied death, blood and injuries]

“Haa.. you think so, old man?”

Battered and bruised as he is, sapphire eyes glower into pitiless resent irises, Izuminokami returning the sneer as best he could given his physical state. Feeling blood rise up from his damaged lungs, he gets as close to Mikazuki as possible, spitting the blood directly into the tachi’s face and laughing at the infuriated disgust that briefly crosses the older’s face.

Sure, he might be about to die, but that didn’t mean Izuminokami was going to curl up at the corrupted blade’s feet and beg for a swift end. Oh no.

Mikazuki was coming with him.

“E-even…. Even if you take me old man, the rest of the citadel is out for… your blood! How ‘about I save ‘em the job? Come at me, traitor!”

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tagged by: the world and its mother, lbr tagging: @eclipsejai, @azvrestar and whoever else hasn’t done this, whoops

❝ Haa~? Don’t you have anything better to do? ❞

► ARE YOU SINGLE?   ➭   "Yes.” ► ARE YOU HAPPY?   ➭    “I’d be happier if two old men would shut up every once in a while” ► ARE YOU ANGRY?   ➭   “Ha?! Why does everyone assume I’m always angry at something?!” ► ARE YOUR PARENTS STILL MARRIED? ➭   “...I don’t really have parents, you know?”

NINE FACTS.

► BIRTH PLACE   ➭  “Aizu!” ► HAIR COLOR   ➭  "Hehehe, can’t you tell? The most striking black, perfect for someone as cool as me.” ► EYE COLOR   ➭   “Blue, like a certain wakizashi’s.” ► BIRTHDAY   ➭     “Mmmm, I don’t really have a birthday either. It look me a long time to actually become sentient. Hehe, but I know I’m over 150! Are you surprised at my good looks~?” ► MOOD  ➭   “I don’t really have a name for it right now? A little restless, I suppose?” ► GENDER   ➭   "Well, in this body, I’m the most beautiful male in the city~! But I’m really just a sword, so don’t concern yourself with it too much.” ► SUMMER OR WINTER   ➭  “Nnn, both have their merits. Spring time is the best for composing haikus, though!” ► MORNING OR AFTERNOON   ➭   “Afternoon, it’s too difficult to get up early~”

EIGHT QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE.

► ARE YOU IN LOVE?   ➭  “Huh? I like my friends, but...” ► DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?   ➭ “Haa?!” ► WHO ENDED YOUR LAST RELATIONSHIP?   ➭   “Did you already forget that I’m a sword?” ► HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN SOMEONE’S HEART?   ➭  “Well, if you count being used to stab through someone’s heart--” ► ARE YOU AFRAID OF COMMITMENTS? ➭   “No. I’m here for a reason. To protect history along with Hijikata-san and the Shinsengumi’s legacy.” *has completely missed the point* ► HAVE YOU HUGGED SOMEONE WITHIN THE LAST WEEK?   ➭  “...Does Tsurumaru grabbing me from behind count?” ► HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SECRET ADMIRER?  ➭   “Oho~! Have I charmed you~?” ► HAVE YOU EVER BROKEN YOUR OWN HEART?   ➭   “That time I almost had to break Kunihiro-- ...I’m a sword.”

SIX CHOICES.

► LOVE OR LUST   ➭   “Love is nice to write about, but Lust is exciting.” ► LEMONADE OR ICED TEA   ➭  “...why would anyone drink iced tea?! If you’re going to make tea, it has to be hot!” ► CATS OR DOGS   ➭  “Gotokai’s tigers count as cats, right?” ► A FEW BEST FRIENDS OR MANY REGULAR FRIENDS   ➭  “Mmm, both are good. But I prefer hanging out with my Shinsengumi brothers when I can.” ► WILD NIGHT OUT OR ROMANTIC NIGHT IN   ➭   “Hehehe~ A wild night out, of course! No good stories ever came from hiding away inside!” ► DAY OR NIGHT   ➭    “Day time is the best for training, but inspiration hits me a lot at night these days”

FOUR HAVE YOU EVERS.

► BEEN CAUGHT SNEAKING OUT   ➭   “Hijikata-san  using me in a night-time assassination counts, doesn’t it?” ► FALLEN DOWN/UP THE STAIRS   ➭   “Why would someone as awesome as me do that?” *Has done both. Too many times to count.* ► WANTED SOMETHING/SOMEONE SO BADLY IT HURT?   ➭   “… that’s a stupid question.” ► WANTED TO DISAPPEAR   ➭   “If I disappear, who’ll keep Hijikata-san’s legacy safe?”

FOUR PREFERENCES.

► SMILE OR EYES   ➭   “Both are beautiful on the right person.” ► SHORTER OR TALLER   ➭   “Given that I’m already pretty tall...” ► INTELLIGENCE OR ATTRACTION   ➭  " Are you trying to imply something?” ► HOOK-UP OR RELATIONSHIP   ➭   “...what the  hell is a hookup?”

FAMILY.

► DO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GET ALONG ➭    “Nosada isn’t the worst guy out there! He’s probably relieved I’m gone, though.” *tries to mask his hurt, not quite successful* ► WOULD YOU SAY YOU HAVE A “MESSED UP LIFE”   ➭   “Can a sword even have one? I mean, Hijikata-san’s records were bloody, but that was time we were in!” ► HAVE YOU EVER RAN AWAY FROM HOME   ➭   “I feel like running away from this citadel, to be honest.” ► HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN KICKED OUT ➭   “Hijikata-san sent me away, why did he-- ....I’m not answering that,”

FRIENDS.

► DO YOU SECRETLY HATE ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS   ➭   “Just because I fight with Yasusada and Kiyomitsu doesn’t mean I hate them, you know!” ► DO YOU CONSIDER ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS GOOD FRIENDS   ➭  “We Shinsengumi blades have a bond that’s stronger than you can imagine!” ► WHO IS YOUR BEST FRIEND   ➭   “Well... he’d been with me ever since I was born.. So it’s probably Horikawa Kunihiro. ..Where is that idiot anyways?! Some assistant he is!” ► WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU   ➭   “...Kunihiro. Maybe it’s a good thing he’s not here after all--”

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Idol AU

SLAMS MY HANDS DOWN I AM HERE FOR THIS

Is v. popular with the ladies and know it. He milks it for all it’s worth, stop him.

Signature outfit of a red jacket, skin-tight black T-Shirt, back jeans and boots. He knows he looks good in it, flaunts it.

Seriously he loves himself, 10/10 needs to chill

In a unit with Horikawa, tries his best to pull him into the limelight as well.

“Look~! Isn’t my partner great too~?”

Has an intensive rivalry with Yasusada and Kashuu and Mutsunokami’s units, but only on stage. Outside of work they’re all best friends that roast each other 24/7

Wanted to be an idol after seeing his senior, Nagasone, becoming one with his brothers.

Is a wonderful singer overall, but his ballads? MY DUDES. He makes people cry with his ballads, including himself. It’s part of his charm.

His duets with Hori are god-tier.

Has no filter, so says stupid things in public or gets into fights and constantly has to have Hori or their manager to dig him out of his latest mess. Cue more roasting from Yasu, Kashuu and Mutsu.

The songs he writes are CRAP. His brother has to re-write them, to the point that they’ve started crediting him as their lead lyricist. 

Acts like a playboy on stage, but is really soft and gentle off stage. Often gives impromptu performances at hospitals. He never asks for money either, he just wants to keep people’s spirits up.

Constantly bitter that he has to eat a certain diet to ‘maintain his image.’ Rarely heeds it anyways.

Has a guitar, but it’s just for show. He doesn’t know how to play more than a few chords yet.

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◈ ( kanesada ) ♣ :3c

HAHAHAHA OH BOY—

Share some headcanons about your muse:

Izuminokami is far too good at putting up a facade. He likes to play himself as a ‘cool and popular sword’ that belonged to Hijikata. But deep down he harbours a lot of issues; mostly about how he wasn’t there during the final battle at Hakodate and how he couldn’t save Horikawa during the post-WW2 disarmament. He mightn’t show these insecurities to the outside world, but they absolutely kill him inside, and he won’t tell anyone about it. He doesn’t want to look uncool in front of the other swords or the Saniwa and he certainly doesn’t want to trouble Horikawa.

He’s also very self-conscious that he’s the youngest of the swords and tskumogami in the citadel; he often knows he’s acting like a child but at the same time, can’t stop himself. This in turn leads him to try to be even cooler to impress the others (particularly his brother), not realizing that everyone probably understands why he acts the way he does.

He mightn’t say it out loud (especially when Yasusada and Kiyomitsu are around), but he genuinely loves his Shinsengumi family and is eternally grateful that they’ve all been reunited; particularly as in real life, most of the Shinsengumi swords in TKRB are listed as missing.

Kane-san uses the excuse that mochi is too sweet from him as excuse to hide the fact that he avoids eating it because half the time he chokes on it. Because thatt’s super uncool and not even old men like Mikazuki choke on their mochi!

♣  Five Facts about yourself:

Henlo I am the most boring piece of bread that has ever existed but–

I have a useless degree in Journalism. Why is it useless, you ask? Well apart form being disillusioned with Journalism as a whole, my inabilty to interact with people normally means I can’t actually BE a journalist. Yay Social Anxiety~

I’ve been called a ‘small angry force of nature’ by Cheesecake Mod and they’re not wrong, tbh. Hurt my friends and I’ll unleash all seven circles of hell on your ass and then some.

In the same view, 100/10 would give my life for my friends, I love them with every fibre of my being, no joke. Chus~!

I am a fiend for travelling. Just last week I got back from Singapore and I’m already dying to go somewhere else. Alas, I also have no money left, so—

Touken Ranbu single-handedly got me interested in Japanese history PRE-WW2. Before I started this game I only knew the Shinsengumi’s name and nothing about them. Now?? Three different books on Japan’s history reside in my room and they are full of notes (and suffering). I will sell my soul to get of there and see all the historical sights for myself. Particularly Hijikata Toushizou’s museum, because yes, I am biased af.

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“Is that supposed to scare me?”

Kidnapping meme // Accepting!

“He-hehe… Th-that was the idea, at least–! Hrhk–!”

Any further sassing of the Revisionist bade is cut off as Izuminokami doubles over from where he is slumped against the wall; coughing up blood onto the floor while his blade, cracked and tarnished, lies feet away from him.

Is this how it ends? In this so called city of love? He doesn’t want to die like this!

He should have known better than to follow Kikkou blindly into Belladonna District, in an abandoned warehouse of all places! But he had to see what was wrong with Kikkou, why he was acting so coldly to them, to Taikogane.

The truth? He wasn’t their Kikkou at all. He was the blade of a Revisionist. And far more powerful than Izuminokami had bargained for.

One fight and one defeat later, here he lies, blood seeping though his fingers, blue eyes fighting a losing battle to stay open as the other Uchgatana advances on him, his glasses shining and blocking the other’s eyes.

“Kikkou…stop…!”

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1, 2, 5!

Excessively Detailed Headcanon Meme // Accepting!

1. What does their bedroom look like?: In the citadel, Izuminokami’s room has a simple affair. Shared with Horikawa Kunihiro, it was a medium-sized tatami room furnished with a few dressers, a futon closet (holding two futons), display stands for both his and Horikawa’s swords, some shelves and trinkets from their various expeditions and sorties. In Koi, his bedroom is Western-styled and equally simple, with a double-bed, a chest of drawers and a bedside table. Izuminokami is still getting used to sleeping in a Western-style bed, having slept in futons since he was manifested.

2. Do they have daily rituals?: In the citadel, Izuminokami had chores that would change daily, but sparring practice was always a daily affair, along with being sent to fight the Retrograde Army. Another, more private and personal ritual would be him and Horikawa just hanging out together, eating snacks , drinking either sake or tea (depending on the hour) and sometimes ending with Horikawa brushing out or braiding Izuminokami’s hair. Since coming to Koi, Izuminokami’s daily routine has changed drastically, but he doesn’t consider it a particular bad thing. At the moment, it consists of him having breakfast with Mikazuki before the both of them go to explore Koi. In the evening, Izuminokami generally makes dinner, albeit with help from the convenience store. (He’d go exploring the nightlife, but Izuminokami is pretty sure Mikazuki wouldn’t approve. Or worse, follow him)

5. Cleanliness Habits?: As a Kanesada sword, Izuminokami takes great pride in his appearance. He showers daily (even if it’s difficult to wash his hair alone) and takes meticulous care of his clothing and armor, even if it’s out of place in Koi. Despite his boisterous antics and childish attitude, Izuminokami is also meticulous is keeping his living space neat and tidy. Part of it is no doubt down to Kasen and Horikawa’s influences, but there is also the simple fact that Izuminokami likes everything to be kept in order, if only for simplicity and elegance sake.

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heard that hair is just 80% extensions, my dude......

Rumor has it! // Accepting!

“Haa? ‘Extensions?’ What are they?”

Cue the Uchigatana pulling at his hair in bemusement, running his hands through it quickly. No… nothing seemed to be out of place. What was this idiot yammering on about?

“My hair is beautiful~. So I don’t know what you’re talking about, are you jealous or something~?”

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10 + 19!

Detailed Headcanon Meme // Accepting!

10. Neuroses? Do they recognize them as such?: Answered.

19. What do they think about before falling asleep at night?: It honestly depends on what he was doing during the day; if it was an expedition or a sortie, he’ll often rewind the events in his head and imagine what other outcomes could have occurred. Particularly if things didn’t go to plan, and if someone was injured while he was in charge, he will brood on that was more than one night. Sometimes he’s looks back on his memories of Hijikata and the Shinsengumi. Since he’s arrived in Koi, his last thoughts at night are generally about Horikawa and apologizing to him for being so far away from him. And not that he’ll ever admit it to Mikazuki, but these thoughts sometimes bring him to tears, as they bring back the painful memories of being seperated from Horikawa for centuries before the Battle of Hakodate. 

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23: How organized are they? How does this organization/disorganization manifest in their everyday life?

Detailed Headcanon Meme // Accepting!

Izuminokami is would be somewhat decently organized. Perhaps not as much as his brother Kasen or Horikawa, but he’s certainly no mess when it comes to getting things in order. Having being the uchigatana of Hijikata Toshizou and used in many raids and assassinations, Izuminokami has inherited the will of his former master to organize everything concisely as much as possible, and is something he continues to use as a captain of his unit.

That’s not to say he’s capable of being organized at all time. Whenever he’s injured or exhausted, Izuminokami will tend to let himself fall into physical disorganization until he recovers or Horikawa cleans up after him; whichever happens first.

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I heard you wash your hair with eggs and milk to keep it long and silky like that.

Rumor has it! // Accepting!

“Guh–! What the–, no! No way, that’s impossible!”

Holding up a finger, Izuminokami began lecturing firmly.

“First of all, I have good shampoo and conditioner I annoyed Nosada into giving to me, along with Kunihiro to actually help me wash it. (It’s long!)”

“Secondly, that is disgusting! Do you know what milk and eggs smell like after they’ve dried up?! Nosada yells at me enough about being inelegant, I don’t need him to scream about me putting food in my hair. And thirdly….”

At this, the Uchigatana paused, swallowing nervously and glancing around him, as though he expected a certain tachi sword to arrive and disembowel him for even entertaining these thoughts.

“…Thirdly, Mitsutada would kill me five different ways for wasting food like that…”

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Mkay, now I'm serious. With strong historical evidence pointing to Kunihiro ( possibly ) being a duplicate and/or fictional blade, what are Izuminokami's thoughts on the matter? Is he aware of the fact?

First of all, how dare you poison my water, destroy my crops and deliver a plague to my house? Disowned.

Let’s go with Horikawa being a duplicate. Taking into account one of his kiwame quotes; Izuminokami knows of nothing before (and/or maybe after) the Bakumatsu Period, so we could assume it’s safe to say that he doesn’t know much about Horikawa blades beyond their reputation for being masterpieces. (Yamanbagiri’s constant griping aside) To him, Horikawa has always been his partner and the reason for his existence. He was forged to be a partner blade to Horikawa Kunihiro. Without Hori, Izuminokami would not exist. In this world or the world of Hijikata Toshizou.

Establishing this fact, we come to the possibility that Horikawa Kunihiro is possible a duplicate blade, much like Yamanbagiri. And let’s say Izuminokami finds this out now. His thoughts?

Quite honestly, I think Izuminokami would not care.

Why? First off, let’s go with the obvious. If a duplicate blade was good enough for the vice-captain of the Shinsengumi, then in Izuminokami’s mind, that’s good enough for him. (Granted, this is only coming to light as of now, but surely they might have been rumors?) Duplicate or not, the fact remains that Izuminokami is a blade built in the likeness of Horikawa. That is the only reason he exists, beyond Hijikata wanting a Kanesada sword.

But on a personal level for Izuminokami? Horikawa has been his partner for centuries. They fought together, laughed together, bled together and were together until the fateful battle when Hijikata sent him away. As far as Izuminokami is concerned, it doesn’t matter whether Horikawa is a fake. He is the only Horikawa Kunihiro he’s ever known. He’s his partner, his friend and his comrade. No pedigree or authenticity will ever change that. Horikawa has proven time and again to be a capable blade/warrior, which matches to Izuminokami’s memories of him from all those years ago; proving that a possible duplicate is just as capable as a genuine article.

To conclude: Izuminokami will always see Horikawa as who he is, rather than what he is. His faithful and dependable partner and friend.

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“Don’t move, you’ll make it worse!”

“Ku– Kuni…hiro….?”

Dull blue eyes stared up listlessly into the almost matching counterparts of his assistant’s, before sliding shut with a low moan of pain.

Human bodies….they were such fragile things, weren’t they? So strong on the surface and yet so easily  s h a t t e r e d .

Ignoring Horikawa’s order, a shaking hand reached up to grip the other’s shoulder (the other hand grasping uselessly at the abdominal wound he’d received, such weakness) and weakly pulled him closer, eyes weakly scanning his face as the world burned around them.

Why… why was there two Horikawas? …At least, he appeared unharmed. Good. That was good…

“K-Kuni…hiro… Run…! G-get…back…to A-aru–”

A sudden pained gasp caused the Uchigatana to break off, a shudder going through his body as the hand that had being holding onto Horikawa fell limply to the ground.

*CRACK!*

Another fault in his blade made itself known. Another nail in the coffin.

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“I’m fine… really.” ( w h y )

Battle ended for now, his blade sliding into its sheath once more, he turns to face his companion, crouched on the ground and huddled over. Cerulean orbs survey the older man, brows furrowing and a frown marring the uchigatana’s normally beautiful features. Young as he might be, Izuminokami was not stupid, he knew when he was being lied to.

Without a single word to acknowledge the lies coming from the tachi’s mouth, Izuminokami (gently) pries away the hand that’s clasping at Mikazuki’s stomach.

A mistake, if the gush of blood and sudden groan of pain from the other is any indicator. Swearing under his breath, the uchigatana pulls his haori from his shoulders to press against the wound, his free arm coming to loop around and support Mikazuki’s shoulder’s as the other starts to slump against him, trembling somewhat.

“You’re a shitty liar, old-timer! I thought the old were supposed to look after the young, not the other way around!”

There’s plenty of other things he could say to the so-called Heavenly Sword, but now is not the time. Not when this momentary lull in battle could be reignited without warning. Not when Mikazuki looks too pale, far too fragile for Izuminokami’s liking. Swiftly, but with care, the tachi’s body is heaved onto his shoulders; the famous sword itself clasped in a hand that Izuminokami wishes would stop shaking. Without another word he strides to the location of their transport home. 

He won’t let another die because of his failures.

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“You are so strong, just try and stay with me alright?” (//Clearly we both need more angst)

“Nnn…Kunihiro…”

Strong? How could he be strong? He’d led his team to disaster, after all. By letting them split up, he’d effectively dealt them all a hammer blow. 

Because of him, no-one knew if Tonbokiri would recover. 

Because of him, his teammates were injured and traumatized. 

Because of him Edo was burning to the ground and history had been rewritten. 

Because of him, Horikawa was suffering on two fronts; from watching Tonbokiri fight to the death and now seeing him in this pathetic state.

It was all his fault. He hadn’t lead firmly or properly, he’d let his team go awry and destroyed the world they’d tried to protect. That Hijikata had tried to protect. He’d let everyone down.

Ah… Mutsunokami should have let him drown. He wasn’t strong, he was weak. And growing weaker by the second…

Tears dripping from dulled eyes, a hand rested weakly on Horikawa’s shoulder before it fell to the futon with a soft thump, a rasped sob escaping the Uchigatana’s mouth.

“…’m s-sorry…Kuni…hiro… You… everyone… Even Hijikata-san… deserve better than..!”

It was almost a relief when the darkness overtook him.

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Horikawa has come to gently stroke Kane-san on the back.

Gentle touch meme

“Mmm? Kunihiro?”

Cerulean orbs shift from the stars they had been gazing at to the wakazashi who’d appeared without warning beside him and was now gently stroking his back, a small smile on his face.

Honestly. That fool, did he really think Izuminokami had been that badly injured during their sortie? Or that the uchigatana had withdrawn from reasons of upset, rather than the fact that was just too damn noisy tonight? 

(Finding and summoning new swords tended to break out the sake and even he had a limit.)

Still. It wasn’t as though he hated the touch. Quite the opposite, to be honest.

Letting out a soft laugh, Izuminokami gently tugged Horikawa down beside him on the tatami, ruffling his hair softly before slinging an arm around his shoulders, shooting the older sword a teasing grin

“Don’t tell me that you missed me that much, Kunihiro~ Should I have asked for you permission to leave first?”

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kissed!

Send Kissed and my muse will react to receiving this type of kiss from yours…Lingering Kiss! || Accepting

It had started out like any other conversation he’d had with his Master, bother here and in the citadel. Talk of missions and captains, of compliments for a job well done and promises to be even better next time. Everything was completely normal, despite the strange situation they’d found themselves in.

Until his Master had leaned forward to cup the sword’s cheek and press a soft kiss to his lips.

They stayed that way for barely five seconds before Kamui pulled away slowly, leaving a lingering feeling on Izuminokami’s lips. Slowly, with a flushed face and bewildered expression, Izuminokami reached up to touch his lips, which were still tingling. As though there was still a kissed being pressed against them...

“A-Aruji...?”