Kamui's POV

Something inside of me shattered, I didn't know what happened but I could mentally hear it. It was so loud that I couldn't hear anything else. I half-mindingly checked if she had done any damage to me that could cause this internal pain. I tried to shrug it off because I knew that I do have an illness but I also know very well, more than anyone else, that that was not the cause of this heart-break.

I felt pain, disappointment, and anger all at once towards the person whom I used to love. This was not what I wanted. It was never my intention to cause her this much damage. I was supposed to be the one who should die and not her because I know that she is far more stronger than me. What I didn't expect was for her to give up fighting.

My hands trembled and I dropped my weapon. I heard the loud thud which snapped me back to my current situation. I try to look at her. She had shielded my attack with her own hands. I dropped down on my knees from relief upon realising that she wasn't in the verge of death.

She kneeled beside me and touched my cheek with her heavily injured hand. Her blood trickled down my face.

"I'm sorry..." she mumbled. "I must've made you worried... I'm sorry..." I bite my lower lip to suppress the threatening scream that could escape any minute. "I'm sorry that you've been alone for so long..." she added. "You reminded me so much of mami." she coughed and breathed heavily. "She always told me about her bizzare adventures when she was my age. I admired her so much for it that I didn't notice myself running away from our own planet. But happiness always requires a sacrifice, in our case, it was our health. Too much exposure to the sun can cause us our lives. I can see that you've also indulged into it and now you're suffering. I even remembered the promise we made back when we were kids."

"Nii-chan, I don't like the rain."

"But we have no choice, we can't control the weather."

"But it's so sad and gloomy. Remember the thing that mami and papi told us about? The huge star that gave warmth? What was it again?"

"The sun, stupid."

"Oh yeah, the sun. Someday I'm gonna live in a place where the sun will always shine and warmth could easily be found!"

"Me too. We're gonna leave this extremely depressing planet someday."

"Promise?"

"Promise. I'll take you anywhere but here."

"I was young and stupid back then, thinking that the warmth I was searching could be found at a certain place, but now I know better that those warmth were in the form of hugs from a person you adore, or when you do something with your friends, you can feel that warm, comforting sensation. It was called happiness. We've only had small dosages of those and that's why we were never familiar about it. I can see that you've hadn't any since." She placed her forehead on mine. And I swear that I could feel it. That unfamiliar sensation that she was pertaining to. She was emmitting rays that were far more warmer than anything I have ever felt. I could feel the tears stream down my cheeks.

I've found it. The thing that I was searching for all of my life, I was always running away from it. "But we're too late..." I muttered. "I will wither soon... and there's nothing you could do about it." I almost screamed but my voice broke.

Kagura's POV

He's a complete wreck. I've never seen him show this much emotion. It was always his fake grin that was plastered in his face. I gently lift my head and watch as he struggled to take in all of what was currently happening. He looked scared and completely consumed by panic. He straddled himself and tugged his hair into a mess. Seeing him break down made me feel like I wanted to cry, my face was ready, but the tears won't come out. It was the hardest feeling. It felt like it was too painful to even cry. He was right. In the end I still can't save him because he was already dying. And just like a curse, just like how fast we heal, it was also the same speed when we are degenerately sick.

I guess that we let the calling of our clan be thicker than our bloods that we let our relationship as a family deteriorate and become something that belonged to the bottom of our priorities. I regret not being by his side when he needed me most. But there was no use crying over spilt milk, we only have the choice to move forward.

I close my eyes and saw the image of my Yato-consumed self. Then there was this bright light. It obliterated her, the other me. I know now that whenever I'm in the wrong path, my feelings and friends will always guide me back to the right one, that is why I have nothing to fear.

You could be stronger, faster, better.

As long as I'm with everyone, I'm fine just as I am.

I slowly open my eyes and stood up dusting my clothes. He looked at me with his horrified eyes. I stretch out my hand to him and I could see how much his eyes lit up, like he was staring at the sun. He sheepishly took it stood up. I radiated a smile.

"Then let's make the best of what's remaining." I assured him. Intantaniously, I felt a firm grasp on both of my shoulders as he pulled me into a hug.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." He snuggled on my shoulders. I return his tight embrace.

"It's okay. You're fine now." And with those uttered, tears escaped my tightly-shut eyes.

I didn't know what happened next because I woke up at the Yorozuya inside Gin-chan's room and in his spare futon. I sat up and felt the world spin along with my rising. *ouch* my head was beating. I noticed beside me was another futon, and there Kamui slept. His silent snores filled the room.

"More rice please..." He mumbled in his sleep. Then I heard the sliding door open but I didn't expect the person coming.

"How are you feeling?"

"Better." I half-smiled. He walked towards me and sat beside me. He took a good look at my face before kissing me gently then all at once. after pulling our faces apart, he kissed my forehead for a long time before I noticed the drops of tears from his face.

"I missed you so much, I was worried to death..." he whispered against my forehead. His breath was warm against my skin. I held his face and wiped his tears with my thumb before giving him a quick kiss on the lips.

"What happened after I passed out? Where are Gin-chan and Shinpachi?" I asked.

"They retreated because they lost their two strongest members. Danna, Megane, and the other wounded Shinsengumi members are at the hospital. Since you both only needed rest, we brought you here." he explained.

"Did you..." I hesitated asking something so embarassing. "take care of us?" I continued.

"Of course." He said nonchalantly.

"What about you? How are you feeling? I thought you were heavily wounded?" I slightly panicked.

"China, it's been weeks since you were sleeping. I'm completely healed and fine now." He deadpanned.

"Thank you..." I can feel my face heat up. "For taking care of me and my Nii-chan..." I couldn't meet his eyes in embarassment.

"I'm glad my brother-in-law is fine." He replied then smirked.

"What?"

"China... Kagura" He grabbed a small velvet box from his pocket then breathed deeply. "You have the most menacing laugh, it echoes in my nightmares. You eat three times as many as an adult sumo wrestler could. You are extremely dense. You're stupid and foul mouthed. You don't think and always act restless. But you carry so much in that frail body of yours. Even if you try to hide your pain with your mischief, I can see right through. You don't even notice when I do something actually nice for you. You always shoot me down with insults. You have extremely bad manners. And lastly, you're the only woman I've cared for besides Aneue." He openned it and inside was the most beautiful ring I had ever seen, though it's diamond was small, it was perfect. "Will you...Marry me?" I stare at him for a moment, trying hard to process what he just said.

"Of course!" I replied. My emotions were still flurried. My tone was half shocked and half excited. "Of course I'll marry you Sougo, you stupid, jerk, cunt, douche, man-whore, Sadist!" I sprung from my seat and hugged him tightly. "Even if you're selfish, annoying, and always ruining my day, I'd still spend my whole lifetime with you." I whispered beside his left ear and snuggled on his neck. He hugged me back tightly and kissed the side of my head.

That was the warmth that we were searching for our whole life. The feeling of loving and being loved back. I remember mami told me something about it before. Something along the lines of 'No matter what planet you go to, It'll always be gloomy. Unless you find that special person who turns your rainy days into summer nights, then any place is fine. But if you find the person who can make you feel all the weather altogether, then he's a keeper. It's one thing to be loved, but it's a whole different feeling when the person you love, loves you in return. And love doesn't always mean that everything has to be perfectly fine, sometimes it's something messed up but still feels perfectly good.' But I didn't quite understand that as a child so I just shrugged it.

Yay! I finally finished it haha college sucks. I don't even have time to watch anime. I wrote different versions of the ending but everything else was depressing because somebody had to die so I picked a more positive one. Thank you for reading guys ilysm

I'll write an epilogue about everyone else who was involved