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Right before her eyes, Tenko saw a path before her. She could let Yotsuyuâs words fade off, and drive the conversation to anything else. Or she could use this conversation as a perfect segue to add more information.Â
âAs the Warrior of Light, you are used to taking risks,â Gosetsu said, as if he were reading Tenkoâs mind. âBut if you think itâs for the best, then forge on.âÂ
Gosetsu had given his implicit approval. So Tenko decided to lay all her cards on the table. âYou do have family, Yotsuyu! I mentioned before that Iâm half-Doman. Thatâs true, because Iâm actually your cousin! We only met for the first time pretty recently, so when you disappeared I got really worried about you!â This was true to a point. It left out the various times that they had fought to the death in the past, which was definitely not something Tenko wanted to bring up if she could help it. âYou hear that, Tsuyu? You have at least one person of your own flesh and blood here,â Gosetsu added. âSo if you feel that you donât have anywhere to go, you have myself and Tenko here for company. That might not seem like much, but you wonât find two people more stubborn than us.âÂ
The information shared by the other was really sudden, and unexpected. The last thing you probably wouldâve guessed about Tenko is that she was related to you, and yet, even when she seemed to tell the truth, you couldnât help but get surprised to the point of your eyes opening wide.
The shared information and the realization, however, also made your head to start aching slightly. It made you move a hand to your head for a mere second- it just felt right to you, somehow, that Tenko wasnât lying.
âYou...you are a cousin of mine?...â You made a small pause, before looking at Gosetsu and then back at Tenko. And without any kind of warning, certain visions of the past started top plague your head.
Making you space-out in front of the other two for a moment, the visions that came back to you werenât all that pleasant, making you swallow and look away from the two. No, it couldnât be...that you did those things to Tenko before, or attempted to.
Trying to ignore what you just saw, you looked back at the other girl with worried eyes, before you spoke again.
âIâm...sorry that I canât remember you either, Tenko...but, knowing I have some family left, thatâs...thatâs wonderful!â I tried to change the tone of my voice to make it as if nothing happened, but surely, Gosetsu and Tenko would catch up. âI knew I had a feeling since the first time I saw you! But to think it wouldâve been that...â













