Kagurabachi chapter 100 spoilers
Saw a tag on AO3 that put out the theory that Chihiro's mom is actually Kunishige's sister and Akemura is actually Chihiro's bio dad. I had a moment of "Well yeah technically that could be true in canon but I don't know how I feel about this." Went to supper. Many thoughts. Head full of plot bunnies apparently. Still don't know how I feel about it in terms of canon but apparently my brain was enthralled.
So I'm going to put this here so i don't forget
In this fic, Chihiro's mother is still very much alive. She's been helping the Kamunabi keep Akemura from escaping. When Akemura escapes, she does indeed go after him to track him down (but we find this out later in the fic)
Everyone is always so surprised that Kunishige had a kid because Kunishige is gay
Chihiro never asked about his mom. If he'd asked, Kunishige would have told him what happened
Akemura, being as lucid as we know him to be, isn't going to take the concept of Kunishige being Chihiro's dad away from Chihiro. Frankly, he's glad that Chihiro was with someone that Akemura trusts implicitly
Akemura (until proven otherwise) to me has been having a kind of chill, reflective, philosophical time of it
He also definitely did the Malediction because his son was like six weeks old and he didn't want Chihiro to suffer. This, of course, will probably cause more suffering
The entire fic should be from Chihiro's POV. He is going to have a time of it.
By the end of the fic, he meets his mother who has killed Akemura. His mother is very much like Chihiro (same big red eyes, same introverted disposition, neither of them particularly like killing but they have a strong sense of responsibility, etc....)
His mother of course knows who he is (again, Kunishige would NEVER have a kid) and he's the right age. She isn't sure she can really be a mom to him. She was only a mom for like 45 days or something like that and then she had to clean up the mess her husband made. She doesn't like that Chihiro is here cleaning up more messes
Chihiro doesn't die because Kunishige made Enten in such a way that Chihiro would not die
Other possible things to explore in the fic:
No one ever denies that Kunishige is Chihiro's dad, if anything most who knew him are impressed with how Chihiro turned out
This might be a place to explore the who child abuse trio idea (Chihiro - parentification, Hakuri - physical, psychological, Iori - emotional,) Of course it wouldn't be a heavy handed exploration but more like a background thing, especially since this situation would make Chihiro reflect
Were Kunishige and Shiba a thing? Mayhaps. We'll see
Chihiro slowly learning to like step out of the prince of darkness persona because he's got friends now
OT3 time? Probably? Maybe?
Kind of want Akemura kills Yura and escapes with the Shinuchi. Yura was hoping more for a team up against Azami, but again, Akemura is lucid and he's not going to fight his former kouhai (this plot point might be defunct before the fic even begins depending on how 101 goes lol) Or it'll be an AU
Definitely got to go with some Chihiro & Shiba in this fic. Shiba knew everything, but Chihiro never asked. Shiba knew he should tell Chihiro but he wasn't sure what Chihiro might find if/when they had to confront the Sword Master. Shiba never bought the Sword Master went crazy theory, but he also couldn't dispute it. Shiba is sorry he didn't prepare Chihiro for this
Anyway, going to let this cook a bit and maybe see where things go in canon before letting this solidify too much in my head. Admittedly I do want to do the Dandadan Zuma is invisible fic first but we'll see since that fic hasn't completely solidified in my head. Either way, BachiBananshi fic has to finish first so...