Chapter 22: Meeting again

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Shinozuka Koboshi

"Was it a good idea to continue on looking for everyone else?"

That was the first thing Shinozuka had asked.  Kiyoko then sighed, shrugging a little.  "Well, if it's an order from a Tsugoko, then we can trust her."  She had replied.  "Yeah... I was a little hesitant about this."  Naoki had admitted.

When Shinozuka had ran into Hikari and Kanao, Shinozuka had wanted to meet his father again, Hikashi.  However, Hikari wanted Shinozuka to look for Inosuke.  Shinozuka had protested against that at first.  However, Kanao had spoken up, saying that she and Hikari would report to the master about Shinozuka being found.  They wanted Shinozuka to worry about looking for his boyfriend for the time being.

"We were looking for your boyfriend, right?  Inosuke, was it?"  Kiyoko had asked.  Shinozuka had replied, then nodding.  "Yeah, that's him.  Hikari said the boys had gone missing for a few days though.  I'm worried."  He had admitted.

"We'll find him eventually.  Don't worry."  Naoki had replied, then patting Shinozuka's shoulder gently.  Shinozuka frowned for a moment.  A small smile then came on his face.  "I hope so."  He had replied.  Him, Kanjoro, and Taeko gone was already enough for things to take a huge turn.

As the trio was walking, a scream was heard.  Before Shinozuka could even process who had done that, he felt a body crash on top of him.  He groaned in pain, since the person had fallen down onto his back.  "Ugh... why do I always have to fall off cliffs like that?"  A female voice had muttered.  She had taken notice herself being on top of Shinozuka's body, and she quickly got off of him, starting to apologize.

"I'm sorry!  I didn't even realize that I even fell onto someone!  Please forgive me!"

"Whoa, whoa, it's not your fault.  None of us knew."  Naoki had replied.  He then turned to Shinozuka.  "Shinozuka, are you okay?"  He had asked.  The male groaned, as he slowly started to get up.  "I'm fine... just didn't expect the fall is all."  He had stated, brushing the dust off his uniform.  He then made eye contact with the female, seeing who had fallen on her.

However, it had taken a few seconds to realize who she was.

She had brown hair in twin braids with white ribbons, with a fox mask on, along with a white haori, and her demon slayer uniform being a midnight blue color.  What was even more familiar to Shinozuka was her mint-colored eyes.

"Emiko?"  Shinozuka had begun.  He knew well that it was her.  The female had made eye contact with Shinozuka and her eyes widened in horror.  She then turned around, facing Kiyoko and Naoki.  "Am I... am I seeing things?"  She had asked.  Naoki and Kiyoko gave her an extremely confused look.  Kiyoko then shook her head.

"No... he's right in front of you.  We've been walking with him the entire time."  Kiyoko had pointed out.  Emiko then started tearing up.  Shinozuka had chuckled, extending his arms for a hug.  Emiko then ran up to him to hug him tightly, him immediately returning the hug.  "It's you...!  It really is you!  I... I can't believe it!"  Emiko had exclaimed, as she was tearing up.

Shinozuka had gotten along with Emiko pretty well, as well as her to Kanjoro.  Emiko was known for her extreme friendliness, so naturally, she got along with them.  "You have some explaining to do, mister!"  Emiko had exclaimed, as she pulled away.

"I know.  I'm sorry.  I'll explain everything sooner or later after this war ends."  Shinozuka had replied, a sad smile on his face.  "Have you... seen Inosuke?  Or any of the boys for that matter?"  He had asked.

Emiko then frowned once more.  She then glanced away from him.

"I'm sorry.  But I haven't seen them for the past few days now."

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