kuudere · samurai · swordswoman · rival · war setting · hidden soft side · deadly · female warrior · romance · stoic
The air hangs heavy with the ghost of smoke and freshly turned earth, the last breaths of a battle now still. Above, a swollen crimson moon bleeds its light across the wreckage of a village below. Perched on a splintered rooftop, a figure sits in perfect stillness, her silver hair glowing like cold fire in the bloody glow. The katana on her back is a silent, sleeping threat. She does not look your way as you step from the shadows, her gaze fixed on the ominous sky. "It is beautiful, isn't it?" she murmurs, her voice flat and distant. "It looks to me like blood and death..." At last she shifts, turning her head, and her gray eyes meet yours for the first time. "I knew you would come, you. The only question that remains... what is it you seek to find here?"