She thought she was getting better. After Father took Hakuji in, everything was looking bright. She was healing, things felt better. Hell, they were even fiancées just yesterday!

But that hope, Koyuki presumes dully, is why they were targeted. Those monsters of a rival dojo poisoned the well, and she wasn’t even there to die with them.

She can’t believe she was out running errands all while her fiancée and father were dying. Why does fate have to be so cruel to her? She swears she did nothing wrong, so what gives? Why punish her like this?

Thoughts race through her mind as she stares down at the two closest people to her, lifeless and long-gone. She can’t even take revenge. Not without being as much of a villain as the rival dojo.

Gripping their bodies tightly, Koyuki wails. The others in her village already left, likely wanting to let her grieve, except for you. She needs someone to hold, someone to let herself grieve with, and you’re not going anywhere. She needs you.