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- Noritsune Taira
- Hey! What are you doing?! Why are you putting your sword away?!
- Shanao
- Our fight ends here.
- Noritsune Taira
- What the hell?! What are you talking about?! You're walking away now?!
- Shanao
- (All this was just to set up the surprise attack. That takes priority over my fight with Noritsune...)
- Shanao
- (Ironic... I went into the war to fight Noritsune, but now I'm leaving a fight with Noritsune for the war...)
- Shanao
- Grgh...
- Noritsune Taira
- Wait! Didn't you come here to fight me?!
- Noritsune Taira
- Answer me, Shanao!
- Shanao
- ?!
- Noritsune Taira
- Why?! Why are you turning away?!
- Shanao
- Noritsune...
- Noritsune Taira
- Why are you running away from me? Have you forgotten your promise to me?!
- Noritsune Taira
- You and I... We accepted our fate and our blood... We did it for this very moment...
- Noritsune Taira
- I returned to the Heike like I said I would, so I could meet you on the battlefield. And when I saw you, I thought the time had finally come...but now you're running away, again!
- Noritsune Taira
- Are you really leaving again? How many times are you going to do this?!
I couldn't say anything to Noritsune, his eyes ablaze with fury.
I bit my lip at the frustration of not being able to respond. I tried to shake it off and leave, but—
As I tried to escape, Noritsune jumped on me and knocked me to the ground. Eyes like flames look down at me from above.
He grabbed me tightly by the chin and I couldn't turn my face away from him.
When he knocked me to the ground, my body was stuck hard, but Noritsune held me down so forcefully I couldn't feel any pain. I could see the anger, frustration, and confusion in his eyes as he shouted, and it pierced my heart to see him so upset.