First Visit to the Yamanaka Flower Shop!

"And pain is something you can only truly escape by taking matters into your own hands."

As Aogetsu Hyuga spoke, Kazahana Koyuki slowly opened her eyes.

Resolve gradually filled them.

Her hand tightened around the Kunai.

Kazahana Dōtō pleaded with her.

"K-Koyuki, don't! Do you remember?"

"I used to hold you when you were little!"

He tried to twist away, but his paralyzed body would not move.

A Snow Ninja rushed forward to save him, but Sakura took him down at once.

Clutching the Kunai, Kazahana Koyuki walked toward the man, one step at a time.

She raised it,

Then brought it down!

Slash!

Slash!

Slash!

"Ah!"

Kazahana Dōtō thrashed.

Kazahana Koyuki had been terrified at first, but as her revenge continued,

Her enemy's suffering brought her a fierce sense of satisfaction.

She swung the Kunai faster. Now she understood what Aogetsu Hyuga had meant when he said hatred was power.

The sound of steel piercing flesh and screams rang across the battlefield, playing a song of revenge.

After who knew how long, the bloodied Kunai sank into the snow. Kazahana Dōtō lay motionless, long since dead.

Kazahana Koyuki breathed hard. It felt as though the great stone that had weighed on her heart for so long had finally been lifted!

"Th-thank you... Thank you, Aogetsu Hyuga..."

She covered her face and burst into tears.

"Crying?"

"That counts toward our time too, you know."

Kazahana Koyuki froze. What did he mean by that?

The next second,

Aogetsu Hyuga scooped her up in his arms.

Tears still glistened on Kazahana Koyuki's cheeks, and a blush colored her face. She looked utterly alluring.

"W-what are you doing?!"

Kazahana Koyuki was startled,

But even that took away much of the pain in her heart.

"Helping clear the gloom from your heart, of course.