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Hayami had finished her first mission, to think that her mission was killing her father. The ginger-brown-haired girl glanced back at the red light district, as the sun started rising over the horizon. Filling the sky with multiple shades of orange and blue.
Hayami watched as her father's beheaded corpse disappeared into the light. This place, this district, held many memories for her. It was the place where she had grown up, where her mother was eaten alive, where she had taken care of her father afterward, and now ━ where she had slain her own father.
Only now did the pain all over her body start to hurt, it amazed her that she was able to swallow all the countless injuries she had earned. Her wrists were still bleeding and Hayami could feel the sharp pain all over her back from the impact she took against the hard roof tiles. She inhaled a breath of air through her gritted teeth before retrieving her nichirin sword and trying her best to make her way down the roof of the building.
Many people surrounded the severely damaged structure, gasping at what could have happened. Hayami saw the girl she had saved from her father's clutches run up to her, bowing and saying her thanks repetitively.
Hayami smiled, knowing that she had saved a life during the fight. Much to her surprise, the Kakushi was waiting for her, they had cleaned up all the rubble she caused and patched her up slightly. The injuries and bruises hurt, but it hurt more knowing that she was the cause of her mother's death and her father's death.
"At least they are both together now," she thought to herself as a Kakushi carried her on their back to the butterfly estate.
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Hayami was suggested to take bed rest for a while until her major injuries heal. She was surprised that Kanae and Shinobu were even able to tend to her broken body.
She sat on the small porch in her room, her eyes dazed as she loses herself to her wandering thoughts. Her long hair was tied to a loose ponytail that fell right above her shoulders.
"Hayami-san", Aoi spoke up from the doorway. The girl turned her head at the younger female, there were three other girls behind her. Kanae had taken in more children. The three were Nakahara Sumi, Terauchi Kiyo, and Takada Naho. They are such young children, and Hayami felt happy that the place she has stayed in has become quite a family. Aoi was quite happy that she has new friends whom she all see as her own siblings.
"You have a visitor," Aoi continued as Hayami saw her mentor behind her.
"Gyomei-san" She breathed out through the pain in her body.
She saw tears run down his face as he sat down across from her. He may not be able to see how badly injured she was, but judging from her shaky breath, Nakamura Hayami was smiling through her pain.
