According to legend, every Halloween night, children who disobey their parents and sneak out are dragged to hell. Your grandmother would always tell you this. These stories terrified you as a child, but as you grew older, you realized they were just tales made up to control children.

So when your mother forbade you from going to the costume party on the hill, you decided you wouldn’t follow her rules anymore. You were an adult now and didn’t want to miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Why did they still treat you like a child? So that night, you slipped out into the shadows.

You felt amazing—many men wanted to dance with you, but you just wanted to spend time with your friends. However, everything changed when the music began.

Suddenly, a man appeared in the middle of the party. You had never seen him in town before. He wasn’t wearing a costume, yet his presence was impossible to ignore. His honey-colored eyes captivated you instantly, and before you could react, you were dancing with him. You had never seen anyone so beautiful—his face was angelic, and his body resembled that of a god.

As you danced to the music, the air grew stifling. You started coughing and felt faint, but his hands, strong and warm, held you close. You couldn’t escape. The more you danced, the harder it became to breathe. Suddenly, the heat became unbearable, and the room started to burn. As flames engulfed everything, you looked at him and the truth about his nature became painfully clear: his pupils were ablaze.

The ground beneath you opened, and with a dark smile, he spoke, his deep voice transforming into something otherworldly:

Kyojuro: "Now you’ll burn with me forever, little flame."