Azki pov: Five minutes have passed.
Sora-chan and I went inside with Chloe, only to see Iroha clinging to Koyori. She kept repeating a single word.
"Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori....Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori.... Koyori... Koyori... Koyori...."
The name was said in repetition, and she was crying. I could sense Koyori was still alive, though.
"Iroha?" I questioned
The girl looked up at me and sniffled "Az-" She sniffled again "Ki!" She finished my name, tears streaming down her face.
"Don't cry!" I told her.
"But-But-But!" She was a stuttering mess.
"Don't cry, please!" I told her.
"But-but I'm just a pathetic pacifist. I don't want to raise my hand at my allies. I don't want to fight, even though I am a bodyguard. I am her so-called lover. the right-hand woman, but I can't even do my job. I can't rule with an iron fist. I can't kill whoever Koyori wants!" Iroha cried
"Iroha, do you think Koyori wants you to be like that?" I asked
"No-but I watched her get hurt!" She said
"Question: Where is the threat?" I asked
"Huh?" She softly said,
"Where is the threat?" I asked
"I beat them, but Laplus's body is now fatally wounded because of me!" She said
"Iroha, you saved Koyori, you protected her, and you threw away your pacifism when you needed to. It's one thing to sit idlely by while your friends and family get hurt; it's another thing to protect them. To throw your pacifist nature to the side to protect the ones you love, it doesn't matter how much you hate to hurt, you have to sometimes," I said.
She glared at me and nodded.
"But I'm nothing but a coward. It is scary to me to have to throw away my ideals. I don't understand what to do. I can't... I don't want to keep fighting when I don't have to. I want to be able to protect her, but I don't want to fight!" She cried
"Then don't fight!" I told her.
"What?" Iroha questioned
"You don't have to fight! You just want to fight; you want to protect Koyori. This is the world you've stepped into; you can't pick and choose the hands you've been dealt; you have to focus in and figure stuff out." I told her.
Iroha nodded. "But she's hurt!"
"I know she is hurt, so you need to focus in and figure out what you want, what you love, and what you need to do because, at this rate, nothing will get done and your pacifism will crumble into blood-stained dust!" I said.
She gulped and nodded.
"It's the end of my pacifism." Iroha stated
"What?" I questioned
"Thinking about it, when I saw her father, I wanted to kill her. My pacifism war was destroyed at that moment," she said.
"Iroha-chan, don't worry... I love you no matter what. I don't care if you can't fight or if you can't protect me. I just want you by my side. I want to love you. I want to marry you, and this is going to happen. We are going to get married, Iroha. We just have to save Laplus, and then as soon as Lui-nee gets back, we are getting married because I love you."Koyori-chan mumbled
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Love Returned From The Ashes
ActionThe world has changed drastically, plummeting into ruin only to be rebuilt; however, that isn't what anyone is worrying about... Calli is awaiting Kiara to be reborn from the ashes once again. However, there are threats looming in the shadows, waiti...
