~Love With A Risk~Rikuo Nura (Yokai Side)~Love Story~

My Clan

"Rikuo...I would love to but...what about my clan?"
"They can stay at the Nura mansion"
"Is there enough room?"
"We can easily expand the building to house all the small yokai that need homes in the Liren clan, It's not a lot right? "
"Well...yes..."
"Alright then it's settled...you'll be with me, we can unite our clans and join our night parade "
"Yes, Rikuo...Thank you"
" Hana,what's wrong, your crying!?"
"Nothing, it's just I haven't been this happy for a long time."
"Oh Hana"
He held me close to him and hugged me as I wiped away my tears.

A smell interrupted me, one I didn't ever want to smell again.
Blood.

And if we smelt it all the way up here , we were either going to be too late or there was a lot of it.

"Hana, let's go now!"

We ran as fast as we could back to the main training grounds.
Only to find what I had feared so much...
A massacre.

As I walked around...I saw not one person from my clan alive...

"Hana...I'm sorry..."

I turned around to see Rikuo standing there.
I saw Satoshi, Kurosai, the Kain siblings and Haruka.
I wasn't here to protect them...
All dead, because I couldn't protect them...
All of my clan I promised to protect them...
I didn't...

Why didn't I hear them, many of my yokai have telepathic abilities so why didn't any of them connect with me and call out!

"Hana...let's get away from here" He was right the smell of blood was overwhelming, along with my clan I could see a few Tono yokai and I walked into the bloody massacre
"But what about a burial..." I said I could feel myself going numb this was too much...
"Hana..."

Rikuo looked at me with great sadness in his eyes. He looked like I felt, it was almost as if he could feel my pain for losing everyone.
I was deadly serious about a burial though.

I would bury all of them...
They all deserved that much.

"I will...avenge you all"

I spent two days and nights burying all my clan members on the Tono grounds, after asking Itaku's permission.
I laid a flower on each grave.

For so many days I lost count...I trained and trained and spoke to no one...not even Rikuo.
I didn't sleep.

One evening I was practising my sword techniques when Rikuo and Kubinashi approached me.

"Hana...please stop this" Rikuo spoke

I ignored him.

"Hana, your battle with Ksuigami Fugitana is three days away, we need to head back to the Nura mansion the day after tomorrow so we can all prepare for battle." Kubinashi said.

"I will defeat that monster on my own. I don't need help from anyone." I told them both.

Rikuo said something to Kubinashi and he walked off.
Leaving Rikuo and I alone.

"Hana, do you know how bad you look?"
"That's not nice Rikuo"
"It's the truth, your haven't slept in three weeks Hana. How the hell do you expect to look"? I could hear the slight anger in his voice...
"Like I've been working my ass off training so when it comes to this fight I can win!"

He started to walk towards me and I stopped practicing with my sword so as not to hit him.
He held my shoulders and turned me to look at him, I didn't look him in the eye.
"Hana, please look at me..."
He sounded so desperate...tired and weary.

I did look at him but as soon as I saw him my heart sank...

All my sternness and determination....
Gone.

Because who I was looking at...I didn't know anymore.
His eyes were dead.
Rikuo's face was covered in bruises and scratches  and they spread down his neck and I looked at his hands and rolled up his sleeves.
They were there too.

"Rikuo...what happened???" I asked in disbelief
He looked at me and said nothing.
"You...don't remember?..." he asked
"What? No please! Please tell me  I...I didn't do this to you?!?"
"Rikuo I'm so sorry I don't remember what happened!?" I felt tears begin to prick at my eyes.
"I tried to stop you...from exerting your body so much, you haven't stopped...Hana you fought back against me I couldn't hurt you...I love you"
"Rikuo I...I can't say how sorry I am....please forgive me" The tears were streaming down my face now but I made myself look at him

Look at what I had done to the man I loved, I cried out long and hard I grabbed a hold of Rikuo's Haori and slid down to the ground pulling him with me.

He held me close and tight and I heard him cry as well, with me...
"Rikuo I'm so sorry..."

"It's alright, I forgive you Hana, I hate to see you upset, I know this sounds crazy but it feels as though I can feel everything you feel, I can feel your pain and happiness."

"It feels the same for me, I have never known this before, Rikuo I am truly sorry"

"Hana it's okay the sooner we defeat this guy the better it will be for all of us"

I looked up at him and when I saw his tears I wanted to make his pain go away, I kissed him, with more passion than we had before, almost as if we were consoling ourselves through our physical touch. I Ioved this man, his pain was my pain, his happiness was my happiness and his love was my love.

He pulled away and both of our tears had disappeared.
"Hana we can defeat this guy together, your clan may be gone but their strength and spirit lives on in you. We can defeat him Hana"
"Your right, let's go back to the Nura mansion"
"Yeah I'll get everyone together and Hana"

I looked him straight in the eye.

"Yes, Rikuo?"

"I love you so much, and I know this is cliche but I would honestly go to the end of the world for you"

"And I you Rikuo, I love you, I'll see you down there"

I kissed him one more time before he walked off.

I will never forgive myself for what I did to him.
But I-

"Well wasn't that heart warming!"

I wish I would have called out or fought back but truth is I didn't have time...

All I remember is those words and then I was enveloped in...
Darkness.