The Border of Asakusa (Benimaru x Reader)

The Battle Part 7: The End...

The walls of the box detached, hovered, and returned to the remains of a weapons station. The battlefield was silent, near vacant. Gaku fell back backward at your feet as you stood, his hand over his heart. "Gaku!" You idiot, were you protecting the box?

"Hey pumpkin." His breath was labored, but he still smiled at the sound of your voice.

You kneeled at his side, and removed his hand from the charred skin of his tephrosis. You curled your fingers to circle the ash around your hand before hovering it over his chest. He caught your wrist to stop you. "No. No I'm healing you." You insisted.

"Y/n-"

"Shut up."

"You- you can't heal all of us. And it's all of us."

"The hell I can't." You bit back.

"Y/n." Benimaru placed a hand on your shoulder to make you look up. The hellscape world you were in was being to crack and collapse without the god that fueled its existence. "We don't have much time."

"Oh- my-" You finished Gaku's healing quickly, but his breathing stopped under you. You pressed your lips to his for a breath of life. "Where is Vulcan?" You demanded as your lips released his.

"Trying to open a portal to get us all out of here." Vulcan replied on Gaku's coms. "Do you have eyes on Mara?"

"Not.... Yet... FOUND HER!" You took off running towards her near the center of the battlefield. You slid in the dirt to her side. "Mara! Mara, are you alright?" You insisted as you placed your fingers on her wrist for her pulse.

She opened her eyes. The skin of her face was tight with dried tears as you hovered your hand over the tephrosis scars on her face. "No." She tried to stop you from healing her too.

"What the fuck do you mean no??" Your voice cracked as you healed her anyway. "Like I'd leave you here-"

"At least leave my face scarred." Her voice was heavy.

"Jesus fuck, Mara." You hissed. "If this is some dramatic-"

The ground shook beneath you both, a haunting reminder that your time here was very limited. "The portal will open, but we can't carry all the wounded!" You heard behind you in the rumblings and cries of the injured. Vulcan dropped down at your side and took Mara's hand.

You finished Mara's healing and stepped back from her as she gripped her chest, unable to breathe. "Vulcan." You directed him to help her with her first breath. He cupped her face.

"SOLDIERS!" You commanded as your ash weaved between the small remainder of the army. "Second Gens and unpowered soldiers, find a Third Gen." The soldiers looked at each other in confusion.

"NOW!" Obi yelled. "DO AS SHE SAYS!"

The ash seeped into the skin of the tephrosis-ridden 3rd gens. "Once their body is whole, they won't be able to breath. Give them their first breath."

You felt guilt at the bonds you were creating between these people... these future weapons, like you... but you couldn't think of another way to save them... You determined you'd confront their resentment in the aftermath if you all survived this.

The ground still cracked and crumbled under the recovering army. You made your way through the waiting forces looking for any injuries that still needed tending.

As your eyes locked with the small blond child, an ash dagger formed in your hand. You stepped forward toward the young one who killed your husband.

"No! No-" Shinra dropped down in front of you on his knees with his hands up, protecting his brother.