20. Smiling at You

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Third POV:

At Oda territory...

Everyone was gathered at Oda castle. Everyone... Everyone from Oda, Toyotomi, Takeda, Uesugi, Sanada and Date was there. Those who got gavely wounded from Mouri was left behind at their castle due to the state their in. They stood around the table in the grand hall, staring hard at the letters they all received.

Those who wish to eliminate the yakuma, go to the old capital Himemiko used to reside. The source of the yakuma lies there.

Who sent it? They do not know. Each letter holds the same handwriting and words. And they all came anonymous.

"What does this mean?" Yuzuki asks, breaking the heavy silence.

"Someone sent this to let us know where the yakuma is..." Yukimura trails off, not knowing how to answer.

"To think the source was coming from the capital..." Masamune said.

"The capital was the place Himemiko-sama used to live before she vanished, right?" Yuzuki asks.

"That's right." Hideyoshi answers.

"Then it wouldn't be strange for the source to be there." Kenshin said.

"But whoever it was found out." Shingen said. Then something hit him. "You don't think...?"

"This is a problem." Kenshin groans.

"You've got to be kidding me..." Masamune crossed his arms.

"What do you mean?" Yuzuki asks, confused why all of the warlords are having annoyed and troubled expressions.

"Aya isn't here." Kenshin states. "And she went around all the territories to heal our vassals-"

"And she can predict the future." Hideyoshi reveals.

"She what?!" All the vassals except from Toyotomi exclaims.

Yuzuki also figured it out. "If she's the one who sent it..." She didn't want to say the worst possibility.

"Aya's heading towards the capital." Nobunaga states. "She's planning to wipe out the prime yakuma."

The memory of Aya fighting the giant yakuma back at the nest came to everyone's mind. The way she fought and how she coughed up blood during the fight. How much pain she was in after she fought it. The horror scene of when her black blood exploded out of her limbs. And how lifeless she looked after that.

"We have to stop her." Mitsunari states.

"I'm going after her." Hideyoshi announce. He doesn't want the incident to repeat itself.

"We can't make hasty decisions, Hideyoshi." Shingen points out.

"We need to make preparations." Yukimura adds. "And we need to be quick. The capital is likely swarmed with yakuma."

Yuzuki gasp. How is Aya going to manage that many amount on her own? Everyone in Toyotomi and Oda Army knows about her illness and how her face twisted in pain when she was gasping for air. If she had an attack during the fight...

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At the old capital...

Aya saw the old capital up ahead. The capital was close to Oda territory and she likely knew everyone was there. She saw how empty the capital was. So lonely. Abandoned. And she could feel faint ominous presences of yakuma in the villages.

 And she could feel faint ominous presences of yakuma in the villages

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