#Kotoura's expressions

[majormeilani]

lol im so tired of the discourse surrounding teppei literally im exhausted

[shenanigumi]

ok so what if I wrote a Hakuōki AU loosely based on the plot of Demons’ Bond, but with Chizuru as the protagonist?? hear me out here: I don’t hate DB half as much as I hate its unnecessary association with Hakuōki. but if it was an established AU, I’d be fine with it—so if I were to combine the two, specifically the Shinkai continuity since that has more similarities anyway, it could turn out to be something totally interesting…

what if Chizuru knew she was a pureblooded demon, destined to become the leader of the Yukimura clan someday? Kodo would still raise her, maybe as her father and maybe as her guardian, and though he’d keep the Water of Life a secret, he’d still ensure she understood her heritage and what happened to her village (possibly leaving out Kaoru’s existence). although Chizuru keeps her powers secret, she is at least aware of her abilities.

anyway, the last letter Kodo sends Chizuru is a message stating that the Princess has sent out a general summons regarding the humans’ increasingly more violent conflicts, with the meeting date set for about a month to ensure that all the chieftains’ schedules are clear. he adds that Chizuru should take the opportunity to get confirmed as the Yukimura heir—Kodo hasn’t let her go earlier, since he’s an Overprotective Father and she is pretty young (16 or so). Chizuru doesn’t know much about demon politics, but she’s willing to give it a shot, so she packs up and makes her way to Kyoto at the appointed time. since she also hasn’t heard from her father since then, she figures she’ll kill two birds with one stone and look for him after the meeting.

since it’s a new year and all, Princess Kazuha wants to straighten out the demons’ debts and their role in the humans’ war so they don’t end up killing each other since things have been getting more and more heated lately… and she also wants everyone’s word that nobody is genuinely taking sides. present at the meeting are herself; her daughter Sen (the math could check out if she married young); Kimigiku, of the Suzumori clan; her younger sister Yukina; Chikage, of the Kazama clan; Kyo, of the Shiranui clan; Kyuju, of the Amagiri clan; Chitose, of the Kotoura clan; Kazutake, of the Tsukishima clan; Kazuya, of the Shiomi clan; Shin, of another clan; and and Chizuru, of the Yukimura clan. Yeah, I’m taking the elders out and giving their surnames to the DB characters because they really wouldn’t contribute much to this story anyway.

so, through deep and sudden immersion, Chizuru is initiated more fully into the world of demons. she’s heard the basics of the Yukimura clan’s destruction from Kodo, of course, but it’s a bit of a sensitive subject for him, so the others explain the overarching situation to her. even though the shogunate technically killed her people for refusing to repay the debt and get involved with humans, Chizuru has grown up among humans; these are the first demons she has ever met, apart from her father. and though it takes the rest of the evening to come to a solid conclusion, the way she sees it, it’s her responsibility to repay the debt her village refused, if only to ensure the safety of demonkind.

the chieftains eat all together that evening, and Kazama expresses his interest in Chizuru, whereupon Sen interrupts in a rather familiar way. he and the others have clearly been here before for various other meetings, so Chizuru feels like the odd one out, but Sen reassures her that not all demons are demonic and makes her feel just a little bit more at home. and the next day, Chizuru makes her way down to Kyoto with the intention of finding her father, assuring the others that she has a contact (Matsumoto) who will help her. however, by the time she gets there, night has fallen, and she runs into those ronin…

(and oh, what if she knows how to use her demon form? what if that’s the first time it comes out, in self-defense? what if the Shinsengumi sees her as an enemy at first, and restrain her accordingly? what if they then come to understand that she is a demon and intends to work with them, just as the Satsuma know Kazama is a demon? how on earth would this play out…?)

tbh if I could just average out the magic and the code to create a consistent world everything would be fine

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