History Rewritten | Hakuouki Fanfic

02 • hello shinsengumi

\\ Haruka's POV //

Rubbing my head, I sat up and mumbled to myself, "I'm going crazy."

Feeling a heavy weight on my side, I looked down and noticed the kodachi from earlier strapped on. At least I knew how to use it well enough. After realizing my hair was up in a ponytail and looking down at my clothes, I came to the conclusion that I was indeed thrown back into the past as Yukimura Chizuru.

"That woman didn't even give me time to get a hold of the situation. I might as well go along with what she said..." Placing a hand on the hilt of my kodachi, I observed my surroundings.

It was nighttime, and judging from the clothes I was wearing, it meant that I would've already sneaked into Kyoto to find my -or Chizuru's- father.

Which also means... this is the part where I get attacked by rasetsu!

"Dammit, Senhime. Out of all the places you could've made me start in." Cursing quietly, I crouched down inside a nearby space made by a couple of wooden planks leaning on the side of a house.

"Where did that brat go?"

"Over here!"

"Wait. Huh? Who the hell are yo-"

"EEAAAGHHH!!!"

As I listened to the ronin trying to find me, I shut my eyes tightly and covered my ears, knowing what would come next.

No, wait. This isn't the time to be hiding like Chizuru. Like Senhime said, my job is to wreck the original plot.

Emerging slowly from my hiding spot, I tensed. The moment I heard the malicious, high-pitched laughter from the Shinsengumi rasetsu coming closer, I drew my blade.

A trembling hand reached out from the corner of my eye, "H-help me..."

Just think of it exactly like one of those practice fights back in the kendo club...

The beast with red eyes and white hair came into my line of sight and turned to me, "Blood... BLOOD!!"

As soon as it lunged at me, I nearly dodged and stabbed its heart from behind while it was still on the move. Although I killed it, it had managed to make a cut on my shoulder since I wasn't fast enough and I flinched slightly.

Turning to the second rasetsu that noticed me as well, I ducked down and stuck my leg out to trip him as he swung his sword above me. As expected, it worked, and he fell to the ground while I impaled his heart.

Shit, I actually succeeded.

"Who are you?" A cold, icy voice interrupted my thoughts as I turned around. 

It didn't take long for me to recognize the man who previously spoke and now had a katana pointed at me as Saito Hajime.

"Aw man, Saito-kun. You killed them all off before I could. Couldn't you have chosen another day to work fast?" Another man, this time it was Okita Souji, appeared from behind Saito and leisurely put his hands behind his head.

Saito glanced at him briefly before replying, "I didn't kill them," he gestured at me and lowered his blade, "He did."

That's right, I'm supposed to be disguised as a boy. Quite terribly disguised, though. So far it's progressing exactly how I'd remembered it to as well. Except for the part when I kicked the rasetsus' asses.

"This kid killed them?" Okita laughed.

I swiped my blade to the side in order for the blood on it to splatter into the ground. Even though I didn't show it, I felt sick at how I just killed two people.

It was Hijikata's turn to enter the scene next and, as I had expected again, he unsheathed his katana and, for the second time today, I had a sword pointed at my face.

"Move, and I'll kill you."