#i'll go tagging the hakuoki characters later

[kumoriyami-xiuzhen]

Hakuoki x Sengoku Night Blood Crossover - A Fleeting Vision A Fortuitous Meeting with a Samurai Episode 1

Four more parts remain after this... I'm hoping that I won't get delayed since I'm going to see if I can get my keyboard fixed tomorrow...

Hakuoki x Sengoku Night Blood Crossover - A Fleeting Vision A Fortuitous Meeting with a Samurai Episode 1: In the Mist/Fog

Translation by KumoriYami

——This was all so confusing.

I had been on patrol with the Shinesngumi when they got into a fight with some ronin. As staying would have caused them problems, I had just been about to move away when I had been engulfed in a dazzling light.

I don't know if I had lost consciousness, but when I opened my eyes again, I was lying alone in a strange place.

Yamzaki: Yukimura-kun!

Just as I got up, Yamazaki-san ran towards me…

Shortly after——we went to the place where Okita-san and the others were fighting a group of what were known as "Yakuma."

Amidst the cheers celebrating the end of the fight with the Yakuma, I suppressed my growing unease as I asked a question.

Yukimura: Can you tell me more about Shinga——!?

Okita: Hey, Chizuru-chan. What are you doing over there?

Okita-san smiled as he came into view——but his eyes weren't smiling. I knew thta he was on guard against the unfamiliar woman next to me.

Yukimura: Okita-san.

Okita: Anyway, let's head back to everyone else first.

Heronine: U-Um...

Yukimura: In any case, I'm fine now. Thank you for saving me.

I thanked the woman who had gone out of her way to help me, even though she had been in danger herself. It looked like she wanted to say something, but Okita-san grabbed my hand and pulled me away.

Okita: Do you know what’s going on right now? You seem pretty calm.

Yukimura: I'm also not calm too, um, can you let go of my hand...

Okita: I’m holding onto you so you don't do something unnecessary again. Or are you going to give me an order?

Yukimura: I, I don't plan on doing that...

With a casual scoff in response, Okita-san let go of my hand. His face was however still filled with dissatisfaction.

Okita: Forget it. Hey, you didn't say anything about us, did you?

Yukimura: Of course not. I didn't say a word about the Shinsengumi.

Okita: That's good. Given how unclear the circumstances are right now, I hope you’ll be more careful about what you say and do. You also value your life, right?

Yukimura:...I understand.

Okita-san must have been caring for me in his own way, so I obediently replied to him.

Okita:...Good. In any case, I've warned you, and now we need to figure out how to deal with the ones over there.

Okita-san cast his gaze over.

I turned my head to follow his gaze. Although two groups of people had fought together against those Yakuma just now, and while their blades were sheathed, there was an unstable air flowing around them. The monsters called Yakuma had been defeated, but as long as they drew their swords now, the tips of their blades would easily reach the other.

Because of this tense atmosphere, I felt like my heart had been caught in my throat.

Okita: Yosh, foolishly standing around won't resolve this issue, so let's go everyone.

Yukimura:...Okay.

After I followed Okita-san, as we approached the Shinsengumi, Harada-san noticed me first.

Harada: Chizuru!? Are you alright?

Upon hearing his voice, everyone looked at me and Okita-san.

Toudou: You're alright, that's great!

Yukimura: I'm fine. No one got hurt, right?

Toudou: We're perfectly fine, don't worry.

Harada: Nn. Rather than that, the more important questions are where is this and who they are.

Hearing this basic question from Harada-san, everyone shut their mouths. I was about tell everyone what tht woman had told me, but just as I was about to open my mouth——

Saito: There's still too little information available to make any conclusions. We should meet up with the Vice-Commander first.

Yukimura: U-Um…! I have something I want to tell everyone!

Amakasu Kagemochi: Excuse me, please don't be so hostile, I'm not going to come any closer.

Seeing the other person's seemingly gentle smile, Harada-san and Heisuke-kun stopped in front of him. at the same time, the everyone from the Shinsengumi, as if by prior agreement, put their hands onto the hilts of their swords. In the increasingly murderous atmosphere, his smile only looked chilling…

Harada: Although you look like you have something to say to us, so what is it exactly?

Amakasu Kagemochi: You don't look like people from this area. Where did you come from, and what is your purpose… can you tell me that?

Toudou: How can you tell we’re from somewhere else?

Amakasu Kagemochi:...Your question is already the answer. If you knew that this was Uesugi territory, why would you take such brazen actions?

Kakizaki Kageie: Kagemochi, there is no need to ask questions, why don't you just arrest them.

Amakasu Kagemochi: That would be too reckless. They defeated the Yakuma, that should be at least be considered as protecting the people in our domain. Though it doesn't seem.... like that was intentional.

The man in charge of these negotiations’ lips curled into a smile.

Harada-san and Heisuke-kun slowly stepped back to negotiate.

Harada: Hey, what should we do? It seems like if this continues, we'll get arrested.

Okita: If they want to arrest us, they'll be enemies, right? In that case, then it's fine to cut them down, right?

Yukimura: O-Okita-san...! They can hear all of that.

In the midst of this simmering tension, I couldn't help but raise my voice at Okita-san, who was being too careless.

Okita: What a pain, woulddn't bit be easier to just cut everyone down?

Saito: No, we should retreat for now, and go join up with the Vice-Commander and the others who were separated.

Okita: Even if that person isn't here, wee'll be just fine.

Yamazaki: That would be fine if this was Kyoto… in this unfamiliar place, it would be inadvisable to recklessly start a fight.

Toudou: What! This isn't Kyoto?

Okita: It seems so. Heisuke, you're too slow.

Touddou: Shut up. I noticed that a long time ago!

Harada: But even if you say that you're going to look for Hijikata-san, there's no guarantee that he's nearby, right?

Saito: That’s why we should act more carefully right now.

Okita: Alright, alright, I get it.

Saito: Yamazaki, can you go check around and see if the Vice-Commander and the others are nearby.

Yamazaki: Understood. After findding the Vice-Commndderthen I'll join up with you.

If I were to explain things, that would instead cause everyone confusion. While I listened to everyone talk, listening to everyone's conversation, I also considered that.

Toudou: Chizuru, don't be so disappointed! No matter what happens, I will… we'll protect you!

Yukimura: Y-Yes… Thank you, Heisuke-kun.

Harada: Then, let's run away first... Let's go!

Harada-san took a stance with his spear——he just made a feint, and then we turned around and ran.

Naoe Kanetsugu: Aahh! They ran away!!

Uesugi Kagekatsu:...Father, are we going to chase them?

Uesugi Kenshin: No, it's not necessary. Kagemochi also understood that, so he let them go.

Heroine: Eh...

Amakasu Kagemochi: Did you see everything?

Contrary to Kageie-san. who was upset, Kagemochi-san came back with a bitter smile.

Kakizaki Kageie: What were you thinking! Now those suspicious people will be wanddering all over the territory!?

Amakasu Kagemochi: Although the possibility of them being spies cannot be ruled out, their genuine confusion of who we are was worrying.

Heroine: Does Kagemochi-san feel the same way?

Naoe Kanetsugu: Hey, what does tht mean? Do you know something?

Heroine: Maybe they're from another world like me… I got that feeling when I spoke to the woman.

Uesugi Kagekatsu: The same… as you...?

Despite how there was no conclusive evidence, I spoke of what Yukimura had told me——

Uesugi Kenshin: We met them when trying to find the Himemiko…. I can't think that the both of them aren't related.

Heroine:...Hey, Imari-kun, does Himemiko-sama know about this?

Imari: No, no/they aren't/don't. I don't know anything… perhaps Himemiko-sama is the only one who knows.

Heroine: Is that so...

In the end, only Himemiko-sama knew all of the answers.

Naoe Kanetsugu: However, as long as they might have come from another world, there might be a clue for us to find the Himemiko.

Uesugi Kagekatsu: Ah, so that's wwhy Kagemochi-san let them go...?

Amakasu Kagemochi:...Is that how it is? But I do actually want to leave them alone for now.

Everyone wryly laughed because that was response was very much in Kagemochi-sama's style. However, I didn't think they held any clues that would lead us to Himemiko-sama.

Heroine: (In that case, is she like me, a "woman from another world"? Someone that Imari-kun can rely on...?)

While in the midst of this situation full of unsolved mysteries, Kagekatsu-kun gently pulled my sleeve.

Uesugi Kagekatsu: Hey.... are they all from the same world as you?

Heroine: No, it doesn't seem to be the same as mine.

Uesugi Kagekatsu: I see... but it would be nice if we could find a way back with them… [not sure if this more in the 'you can find a way back home', or 'we can send them home' context)

Heroine: Yes...

Uesugi Kenshin: Kagekatsu, Kanetsugu.

Naoe Kanetsugu: Here.

Uesugi Kagekatsu:……Here.

Uesugi Kenshin: Go after those people and offer them assistance. If they want to talk, bring them back to the town.

Kakizaki Kageie: Kenshin-sama...! Are you going to leave these suspicious people alone?

Uesugi Kenshin: If they truly are messengers of the Himemiko, then we must protect them. That's all I have to say.

After Kagekatsu-kun and the others received Kenshin-san's orders, they immediately set off into action.

---to be continued in part 2 here---