The belltower struck 12am sharp as the thick snowflakes hit Tsukasa from all sides, swirling into and by him like a sick harmony of spectres.

He continued to push forward, the width of his sword held up to block her blows.

...

Tenma Tsukasa was a very respected knight. He was one of the two knights that the king had specifically picked out to guard him at all times.

The other knight happened to be Otori Emu. She was a kind, soft-hearted individual that always helped others and put a smile on everybody's face, even if it meant for her to sacrifice something.

Everyone respected the pair of knights, praising their values.

As such a silly and kindhearted individual, you would think Emu wouldn't do anything to harm the kingdom at all? Wrong.

...

Emu had betrayed the kingdom and had ended up on the opposite side of war.. and as Tsukasa and Emu were the generals of the Army before, he had to take control..

He swallowed thickly as their blades clanged again. She didn't seem to be showing any kind of remorse, and it was filling Tsukasa with the yearn for revenge.

He had never thought that Emu of all people would ever betray the kingdom, but here he was, locking blades with them.

She kept attacking, he kept resisting. It was as if the violence had stopped all around them, as if time had frozen and they were the only ones here; and truth was, everyone had stopped fighting to watch the intense fight between the two.

“Why, Emu?!” Tsukasa cried, landing a wound into her abdomen thriugh the thin gap between her chestplate and hip pad, “WHY?! What didn't you like here? It was perfect. Why..”