#toudou heisuke

[crusho]

Ishin comics in 2026

[papersseat]

"…Hold me tighter. I'm here."

(heichi hakumyu redraws)

[sugarylily]

Heisuke and Chizuru sharing a crepe

[nospringonions]

It’s finally here 🎉

[rioluza]

I CANT STOP BEING SELF INDULGENT!!!!!!!! we love souji we love souji pretend serizawa is genzaburou

Laying in your large, soft, cozy bed, you listened to the rain pitter patter against the roof as the men outside your room talked amongst themselves, both hushed and loud.

Between a comfortable state of consciousness and slipping away into sleep, you suddenly hear your door open. Sleepily looking over your shoulder you see the figure of the Round 10 champion. The light behind him causes him to appear as an ominous shadow.

“Soji?” You mumble tiredly. Soji simply, quietly walks over to the bed and sits on it, crawling over to you before laying down. “Hi.” He replies softly, prompting you to reply back. “Hi.”

It’s a comfortable moment until Saito peeks inside, leaning on the doorway. “So, you snuck off to sleep with the freak?” He teases in a harsh tone, yet you know he means it with no malicious intent. Soji glances at his comrade, but doesn't respond and rests his head on your shoulder. You gently hold his hand.

Saito softly snorts before walking away and shutting the door. Finally, peace and quiet with your best friend…

Creeaakk… Another silhouette of a man peeks inside. It’s Nagakura. You don’t say anything, but he seems to know that you're looking at him despite it also being dark in the room. “...Are you comfy?” He asks softly, his voice almost a whisper. Before you get the chance to respond, he speaks again. “Is he bothering you? Is he heavy? Can you breathe?”

You couldn't help but giggle at that. You nod, hearing Soji softly giggle, too. “Yes, I’m comfy.” You reply quietly as Soji gently intertwines your fingers. Nagakura nods and stands there for a moment with his arms crossed.

“...Can I join?” He mumbles so quietly that you can barely hear him, let alone understand the murmurs of his words.

Soji and you look at each other. “Okay.” You reply while Soji turns his head to look over at Nagakura. “Be mindful.” His words are a warning, yet you know in this moment, the worst he would do to his friend is to push him off the bed.

Nagakura, also leaving the door wide open, makes his way to you two and climbs in under the blankets to lay on your other side, wrapping an arm over your waist. You sigh contently, Soji fixing the position of your hands.

And soon, you quickly drift off to sleep.

“HEY!!! WAKE UP!!! WHAT’RE YOU FREAKS DOING, SLEEPING SO CUDDLED UP!!?? JUST BECAUSE WE’RE IN THE AFTERLIFE MEANS YOU CAN’T BE UP AND TRAINING!?!? YOU’RE M- AUGH!!”

Toshi’s loud, blaring, almost grating voice gets cut off by a swift punch in the face from Soji. Nagakura grumbles and you sigh, having been invested in your just beginning dream.

“Toshi. Be quiet.” Orders Kondo from the doorway. Toshizou stands up as he holds his nose. “But-” “They’re trying to sleep. You should, too. It’s good for the mind.” Toshizou looks over his shoulder at the three of you with a childish, annoyed and disgusted pout. He looks back at Kondo and the look he’s given by the old man tells him everything, so he surrenders and lays down on the bed. Away from you all. On the blankets.

The chaoticness of more and more of the Shinsengumi joining the cuddlepile keeps you up for longer than you would have preferred, but honestly, you wouldn’t have it any other way. From Yamanami’s rambling, to Kai’s bad bedtime stories,Toudou trying to pry the blankets out from under Toshi, Harada standing ominously in the corner with his eyes wide open, Eisaburou and Saito giggling at poor jokes they’re making instead of sleeping, Kondo and Genzaburou making sure everyone is comfortable at this impromptu, messy sleepover.

Though, you do all wake up a sticky, gross, sweaty mess. At least you were all happy! Simply need to have a bath before a nice, messy breakfast.

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i made this as i fell asleep and i couldnt get the shinsengumi off my mind based in record of ragnarok timeline i wanted to add more for toudou but i didnt im sorry arhgargahrahgj . . . also sorry for two sleepyfics in a row i havent had much inspiration , ill try get to requests !!!!!! probably..

[sup688]

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First ever fanfic?? And it’s about a fandom that has zero to no people in it these days…? Yea bro I’m cooked. (＞﹏＜)

I wasn’t exactly planning it out to be like this, and I think I made the reader all like ‘soft, scared and shy person’…. Ugh bro it feels so disturbing bc it’s reminding me of those old 2020 y/n stories but only if y/b was chubby. 💔💔

This was possibly meant to stay in my drafts bc… well holy moly I feel like I failed with portraying the feeling of being in between chubby and skinny. And this is coming from a person that’s literally in that category…(⇀‸↼‶)

I already know my writing is ass, I just did this to be self indulgent in my own little world. I promise I’ll try and make the reader a lot more confident, strong and just overall a better portrayal of a person with good intentions. Just bare with me until I figure it out please (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞

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Tw: insecurities about one’s body, a smidge of comparison, a sprinkle of harassment at the end, but overall fluff and bestowing happiness to an overworked angel!reader x most of the Shinsengumi excluding Kondo, Genzaburou and Kai—kind of, I’ll figure him out in some other fanfic. Rushed ending bc I needed to get to sleep and I’m too lazy to change it. This fanfic isn’t the best bc I’m not the best at writing, but I hope you all like it my sweet Chiruran Shinsengumi requiem fans!! (And RoR fans that are just finding this bc I’m tagging it in the RoR tag as well for more people to start writing about them!!)

!!!Also, the reader in this is referred to being a chubby woman!!!

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A DAY AT THE BEACH (ft the Shinsengumi)

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Being the Shinsengumi's unofficial nurse was....

Exhausting!!

It all started with Eisaburou dying and coming into Valhalla, who was than greeted by you-an angel that was ostracised by the others for not having a human partner to take care of, being sent to look after him —and got his wounds patched up as quick as possible. You tried not to double kill him during the process so you don't send him to Hellheim, since you weren't the best at healing.

Tho it all worked out, somehow!!

And it wasn't long before the others started piling up, and you were left to deal with them just because no one else wanted to.

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"Come on!! Just two more spoonfuls and you're done!" You said, frustrated with the fact Okita was acting like a brat and complaining about its taste. He was turning his head left and right, squirming away whilst Yamanami held him under the armpit with his arms.

Eisaburou and Todõ were trying not to giggle in the background at your struggling. And only god knows where Genzaburou was.

The medicine you were forcing him to take was made specifically for tuberculosis-which Okita had contracted when he was a human and was now getting over it with the help of said medicine. You had to practically beg the gods Sukunabikona and Okuninushi to make it all so Okitawould get better, and the least the demon child could do was actually try and eat it.

"NOO!! It tastes like grass and dead bugs! I'm sure I don't need-" the thrashing male complained, before getting a spoonful of the medicine shoved down his throat with so much force he felt as if he was going to choke.

Yamanami, who had his glasses on crookedly from Souji accidentally hitting him, sighed.

"There's no way it's that bad, Souji." He mumbled, letting you feed the brown haired boy another spoon before letting him go, watching with mild disinterested at how the demon child scrambled away from you.

"Well, it's making you feel better, isn't it Okita? Last time I checked, you were throwing up blood like a lunatic." Todõ hummed with his arms behind his head, whilst you packed your stuff and looked at the time, frowning at the fact you were ten minutes behind normal schedule.

"Say-" Tōdō turned towards you, about to ask you how much more of this Okita would need to endure, but you were already running off, cursing under your breath about work and 'stupid chores?

It left the four dumbfounded at the fact you left just like that.

But Eisaburou couldn't blame you. He knew your packed schedule better than anyone, and he really hoped you didn't overwork yourself like last time. Tho he wouldn't mind taking care of you once more if he was being honest...

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And that left you with where you were right now. Being relieved of your duties for a week straight.

And what better way to spend it other than heading to the seaside?

Being on the beach wasn't half bad in all honesty, if you didn't despised the fact you thought looked weird. No wonder you were covering your cute yellow and pink two piece bikini with an oversized shirt.

So you see, normally, angels were made in visions of the gods, —they can't get rid of said bodies no matter how hard they try because of said fact-that being said, normally, as any other god, they'd make said angels look tall and skinny as models. But you? Oh you? Yeah, no.

You didn't disliked how you looked in all honesty, considering you were made in the vision of the goddess Amaterasu, created from pure light and sunshine. And that fact was something you were more than grateful about.

But you don't understand why'd she'd make you like how you looked right now. You had a tummy, your legs were chubbier, your arms were fatter, and sure you looked pretty normal, but compared to other angels...? It made your stomach churn with the disgusting taste of envy. Envy of the fact they looked just like how you wished to.

Swaying lightly from side to side, you thought about just going home, locking yourself in your room and just sleeping until your free week was over. It would be pathetic, but you couldn't help it...

Tho you snapped out of it quickly, hearing your name being called as footsteps grew near.

Turning your head, you were met with Eisaburou stopping just a foot away from your hammock. He was wearing normal swimwear pants that reached his knees, sunglasses perched up on his head, and a few bracelets that you gave him for the years spent together. If Eisaburou was wearing his, did that mean the others were wearing theirs?

"[Name]!! Me and the others heard you were going to go to the beach, and decided to come with... tho I hope you don't mind." His voice came out soft yet excited, staring at you with a crooked toothed smile. You couldn't help the small giggle that escaped you as you replied.

"You're already here, plus I wouldn't mind the company." You sighed, a kind smile playing on your face as your whole thought process came to a screeching halt at the idea of spending a day at the beach.

“Then let’s go, the others are already waiting!!” Eisaburou hummed, grabbing your wrist and tugging gently—like how he always does when he’s growing impatient. You couldn’t help but laugh, getting out of the hammock with a little to no effort and racing after the short male with quick steps—his hand not letting go of yours for even a second.

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After arriving, the dark haired boy let go of your hand, whilst you waved at the others, who were all in their own style of swimming trunks. Some, like Sanosuke, Kondo and Saito, were wearing opened up button tops, whilst others, like Hijikata, Okita and Kei were just free styling it.

Tho one thing they all had were the bracelets you gave them, sitting prettily on their wrists.

And Koto has here too! You were quite excited to see her again, considering the last time you were able to talk to her was a few months ago.

She looked over, waving at both you and Eisaburou with a smile, whilst you hesitated in waving back (considering embarrassment was gnawing at you when you looked at her body and compared it to yours)—tho did it anyways since it was only nice to return the gesture.

“[Name], it’s so nice to see you again!” Koto hummed, leaving Hijikata’s side with him frowning—mostly because he couldn’t spend a lick of time with his wife without anyone interrupting.

You quickly shook your head free of those thoughts. This was your best friend!! You shouldn’t be thinking about her like that…

“Hi Koto!! you look so pretty!!” You exclaimed, clasping her hands in yours as you smiled. It felt refreshing to see her face again, and maybe this time you can actually get her to go to the hot springs with you!!

“You do too, tho what’s with the shirt?” She looked around before asking, seeing as the Shinsengumi was already a good distance away to not hear both of you over the waves. Those are the perks of being nestled so close to the sea for the day.

“Oh… nothing really… I’m just unsure with my looks.” You muttered, a weak smile on your face as Koto only frowned. How could someone as cute as you be afraid of their looks??—is what the yellow haired girl thought, watching as you set your stuff up on a lounge chair close to the other members and right next to Koto’s towel.

Sighing, she thought of a way to make you comfortable. She knew you were insecure, and it probably doubled when you sat next to people that have chiseled abs. All this knowledge came from you being comfortable enough to tell her, and she was more than happy with that fact. It made her feel all giddy about the fact you trusted her the most!!

Hell, you can even say she revealed in the glory of knowing all of this instead of the Shinsengumi.

Shaking her head, Koto came back to her senses and ran over to you, getting out her suncream and looking over at you. You were already spread out on your beach chair on your stomach, sunglasses on and shade from the summer umbrella you put up not even a few second ago.

“I turn my back and you’re already resting… welp, can you at least put some suncream on my back?” The yellow haired girl sighed, a smirk playing on her fact as she saw you get up to not only give her some space but to also do what she requested from you.

Sitting down, Koto handed you her suncream, shivering a bit at the cool feeling of said cream, which you only giggled at.

After you were done, Koto turned around, as expected look on her face.

“Everything alright, Koto?” You asked, blinking at her as she only frowned in mild annoyance at your stupidity.

“Let me do you next!!” She hummed, snatching the suncream from you and waiting for you to take off your shirt.

“E-eh?! Absolutely not..! Plus not like I’m gonna get a sun burn on my back” you huffed, wrapping your hands around yourself as the yellow haired girl sighed.

“Come on, [Name]!!”

“No!”

She put her hands on your shirt, tugging a bit. “Yes!”

“Nuh uh!” You refused, your wings gently smacking her hand away whilst Koto got ready to wrestle you. This was the only way to be able to get you to at least gain a little bit of confidence.

“I’ve seen you before!! And you’re good looking under that shirt, so come on!!” She angrily frowned once more, already knowing that your resolve was cracking. Koto knew you like the back of her hand, having seen you in not only your most vulnerable states but also in your most confident and happy ones.

And she wanted this memory to be happy, so she wasn’t giving up!!! She’ll just have to compliment you enough to be able to butter you up to take your shirt off.

“G-good looking…? Koto stop it…!” You mumbled, your cheeks turning red at the compliments she started to give out of nowhere.

“Mhm! In fact, you’re really pretty, I’m sure some guy would 100% ask for your time so you can go on a date! But you’re not gonna get anywhere once you stay wrapped up in that shirt, wallowing about the fact you think you look disgusting!!” She snapped, her voice a little louder as she pumped her fist.

The yellow haired girl wasn’t the best in giving out confidence boosts, but she was trying—and it was surprisingly working.

“F-fine…” you mumbled, slowly taking your shirt off and letting it sit on your beach chair, whist you only looked at yourself, your cheeks a blazing red.

A low whistle came from the beach chair up front, Saito peaking out from it with a big smirk.

“My my… mind if I take you out on a date once this is over, [Name]?” He said, watching you go completely red whilst Koto only glared at him, picking up your shirt—without you even noticing— and throwing it at him.

“That’s the only thing you’re getting from [Name] in a long while, you Sadist!” She yelled, watching the boy only mumbled a curse as he went back to just lying on his beach chair, a cocktail in hand.

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After finally putting on some suncream, you and Koto got up, ready to grab some drinks. You were going to put your shirt back on, but noticing it was gone, you blinked in pure confusion. Where the hell did it go?

“Come on!! Let’s get some lemonade, [Name].” She said, grabbing your hand and already tugging you along to go buy drinks.

“Do the others want something?” You muttered, looking around but only seeing a handful of the others around.

“Tōdō and Nagakura are already buying most of them drinks. Plus Hijikata asked me to buy him whatever I was drinking, so we don’t need to get anything else other than drinks for us.” Koto explained, already leading you towards the bar that was at least a small walk away, both of your arms entangled.

“Got it!” You hummed, a smile on your face. You still felt a bit embarrassed to be walking around, considering there were a few angels littering left and right—their bodies made you frown a bit. But at least Koto was here with you, and she was making sure you were having a good and comfortable time.

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It wasn’t long before you and Koto arrived at the bar, sitting down on those tall bar chairs. The bartender to come over in not even a minute, giving Koto and you a professional smile. You didn’t even notice her since you were distracted with getting sand out of your feathers.

“What can I get for both of you cuties?” She said, her voice teasing as she wiggled her brows at you two. You quickly looked over, giving the woman a gentle smile whilst Koto only giggled, blushing at the nicknames.

“I’d like a strawberry lemonade, please.” You replied, shaking your wings a bit before letting them rest close to you—mostly because you didn’t want anyone to trip on them.

“And I’d like two fresh peach lemonade’s, miss.” Koto added, already taking out her wallet before she felt a hand—undeniably yours—lower it. Looking over, you were asking how much the total was.

“For you two? On the house. Can’t let two beauties pay for some measly old lemonades.” The bartender replied, already going over to making your requests so you two didn’t have to wait in line to get them.

“Hey, Koto!! What beauty is next to you—“ Nagakura’s wife voice boomed, waving his hand to signal both you and Koto to look over.

“[NAME]?!” He spoke, his whole jaw dropping as you shyly waved at him, your cheeks red not only from the compliments of the bartender but also from Nagakura unintentionally… hitting on you? Complimenting you…? You didn’t even know at this point…

“Hi there Nagakura!!” You said, shaking your head to get rid of the whole flustered feeling that was growing on you.

“Nagakura!… wait, wasn’t Tōdō supposed to be with you?” Koto replied, throwing a raised brow whilst thinking about the fact that Nagakura called you a beauty.

In all honesty, you shouldn’t be dating the renowned pervert of Shinsengumi. You deserved someone way better than that.

“He up and left me.” The black haired boy shook his head, going over and sitting down next to you. He had ordered a Rum punch and was waiting for his own order for the others to be done.

“He also left to with paying the tab for everyone, including himself. That asshole—I swear I’m going to kill him one day!” Nagakura grumbled, a permanent frown on his face from the whole ordeal.

“I can pay for your tab if you want me to. I have way too much money on me anyways.” You responded, already taking out your wallet, awaiting for the Shingengumi captain to tell you how much his tab was.

“Absolutely not!!” Both Nagakura and Koto yelled at your words, one shocked that you even thought about that, and the other angry that you’d even think about doing something like that.

“Eh?” You mumbled, looking over at the angry Koto and the flabbergasted expression on Nagakura.

“You aren’t paying the tab of that absolute pervert, [Name]!!” Koto scolded, bonking your head and grabbing your wallet.

“Pervert?!!! Come on!—“

“You’ve lost wallet privileges for the rest of the day—meaning I’ll be paying for your stuff.” Koto slyly said, a smirk in her face.

“W-what?!! Koto, don’t joke around like that! I can pay for my own self you know?” You rambled, trying to grab your wallet back whilst the only evaded your attempts.

“Your drinks are done, cuties.” The bartender said, giving you two your orders with a wink, leaving to serve the other people with a much more annoyed look on her face.

Giving a glare at Koto, you grabbed your drink, your eyes immediately seeing the number that was writing on both yours and Koto’s cups.

“She gave us her number..?” You mumbled, your cheeks turning red as you glanced up at the bartender, seeing that she was already staring at you with a grin. Holy hell, your stomach was doing jumping jacks…!

You completely missed the angry glare Nagakura was giving the woman, sipping on his drink bitterly. How could she hit on you without Koto giving her a judgmental look?? Literally how the hell do you even get that woman’s approval about either hitting on or dating you?!!!

The only one that had the right to do a thing like that is probably Sanosuke, Eisaburou, and Okita a little bit, but mostly Eisaburou and Sanosuke.

He got why Eisaburou was allowed to hit on you—even when the boy never did it because he got way too flustered—but Sanosuke?? SERIOUSLY?? He’s never even seen both of you talking…!

Okay maybe he has, but come on!! It was all so unfair in his eyes…!

“Sir, your order’s ready.” The bartender said, giving him a tray with his drinks with a gentle smile, going back to serving the other people, whilst Nagakura paid and got the tray in hand, looking back at both yours and Koto with a much more relaxed expression.

“Say, what about we head back? The others are probably whining about their drinks not arriving faster.” The black haired boy spoke, getting out of his chair and looking over at both of you.

Both of you looked at each other before getting your stuff and walking over to Nagakura, with you in between the your friends.

“The weather is way too hot these days…” Koto mumbled, sipping on her lemonade whilst you only giggled, stretching your wings as you walked beside the yellow haired girl.

“We can head into the water later if you wanna.” You hummed, a content smile on your lips as you sipped your own drink.

“Won’t your wings get wet?” The girl rose a brow, throwing you a glance as you only shook your head at the thought.

“Eh, the sun can act as my drier. Plus what friend would I be if I left you alone with your husband… god knows what both of you would do in the water-“

“[Name]!” The yellow haired woman screeched, her face a blazing red as you only grinned, Nagakura having to hold his laughter in. Koto already disliked him, it’d be better if she didn’t despise him for the rest of the afterlife they have-which is forever.

“What? I don’t want you two having more babies you know.” You muttered, averting your gaze from her as she hit your shoulder lightly, her face a blazing red.

Nagakura could only watch the bickering between both of you, smiling at the fact you were actually relaxed and not running around in a panic and doing errands for the Shinsengumi.

He knew all of the members could be a bit overwhelming, so seeing you actually having fun was warming his dead heart.

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It wasn’t long before you reached the beach chairs and towels where the Shinsengumi were drying off, having been in the water for a good while.

You were a few feet behind Koto, already feeling the embarrassment climbing up your spine whilst Eisaburou immediately noticed you.

His heart rate picked up at the sight of you, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink as his eyes immediately shot away. He didn’t want you to think of him as a weirdo for checking you out…

Sanosuke had to do a double take. Good golly, was it only him or was it getting hot in here?

Tōdō almost drowned in the shallow water after slipping—how? He was distracted by the sight in front of his eyes.

Mostly everyone got quiet, only Kondo and Genzaburou continued to talk about… since when did they get into football…?

Koto looked over, watching you walk next to her with a smile plastered on your face, trying to shake the embarrassment away.

Saito looked over once more, now finally getting a good look at you—and he could only whistle whilst giving you that same smirk he gave you at first. You’re seriously getting huge Déjà vu from this whole situation.

Sliding next to you the second Koto was called over by Hijikata, Saito wrapped an arm around your hip, tugging you over so you hit thighs as he rested his head on your shoulder.

“Think about that date, would you [Name]…?~ I’d love to see you all dressed up for me you know.” He hummed, his tone a low whisper before getting dragged away from you by his collar by Kondo whilst Okita slid up next to you, already dragging you towards the sand to build a sand castle with you.

“Come on come on!! The castle is waiting for her queen, [Name].” Okita hummed, letting you first put your drink down before following him.

Sitting down in the sand, both of you started building a sand castle whilst the others did who knows what. At one point, Tōdō came along and helped both of you before Hijikata challenged him to see who can do three laps around the coast faster.

It wasn’t long before you and Koto decided to have a dip in the water, tho Saito came in and picked you up by the waist, throwing you into the water with him coming in after you.

“[Name]…?!!!” Koto worriedly yelled, th coldness of the water making her stop from reaching you. Plus as much as Saito was a sadist, he’d know better than to put your life in danger.

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Underneath the water, the white haired male and you were play fighting, the fish that was swimming around looking at both of you weirdly as both of you giggled like idiots. It was fun to be around Saito, no matter how much he pissed you off or flustered you at times.

His arms slid around your waist, one of his hands stroking your wet feathers whilst the other went up-up-up to cradle your head.

To before he could do what he’s always wished to do with you, you pushed his away, your cheeks red from needing to take a breather.

Oh… yeah… You weren’t always known for being the best at holding your breath…—is what he thought, following after you not long after.

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Tho you had to resurface for oxygen, shaking your head to get rid of the hair that was covering your eyes. You threw a thumbs up sign at Koto who only sighed in relief.

“Thank goodness… only the gods know what I’d do to that sadist if he actually did anything to you…” Koto mumbled, feeling like a mother taking care of her child when it came to you.

“You’d probably throw him off a bridge someday if he ever did do something to me.” You giggled, walking over to her and dragging her over to the more deeper parts of the water. Safe to say you both had a lot of fun playing around and splashing once another.

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At one point, Kai and Tōdō held a water fight tournament.

Basically, Kondo and Kai—because they were the most bulkiest and would work for a great base—would hold the competitors on their shoulders and would have them push one other until one of said competitors of them lose their balance and fall in the water.

And you and Koto were to be chosen as the referee’s if things got too violent.

“Okay, since we have uneven numbers, Okita would be placed in the second matches, and whoever wins from Nagakura, Tōdō, Yamanami and Genzaburou would have to fight Okita before going off to the finals.” You mumbled, a clipboard in hand while making the whole scene in there.

Koto watched beside you as you scribbled, the excited little grin on your face as you did so made her smile softly.

Normally you were always stumbling around trying to get your work done… and seeing you this relaxed made her feel better.

“How long until you’re both done?” Eisaburou asked, walking over to you and butting in to see the competition board.

“W-wait, I’m against Hijikata??!! You have to be kidding me [Name]!” The dark brown haired boy suddenly whined, his eyes widening whilst you only laughed. “You love torturing me, don’t you…?”

“Of course I do! Don’t worry, I’ll kiss your boo-boo’s so it gets all better!” You giggle, resting your head on his shoulder as Eisaburou blushed at the thought.

Koto could only stand there with a disapproving look in her eyes, tho she couldn’t say anything since Eisaburou was the samurai you were first assigned to before having to deal with the whole packaged deal, so it’d be better if she just let it go.

“Okay okay, let’s get this party rolling!! And don’t worry Eisaburou, I’m rooting for you all the way, okay?” You hummed, suddenly getting up whilst said boy stumbled a bit, getting up on his feet in no time at your words.

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And now, the first round between Hijikata and Eisaburou was on.

It was actually a tight clash, both of them shoving once another and trying hard to make one of them fall. Tho in the end Eisaburou was the one that fell.

He was disheartened at the defeat, but it quickly disappeared once you came along and kissed his cheek outside of the gazes of the others, whispering that he did well on his part.

The boy was left to rest on his beach chair, his face a blooming red whilst you only went back to the others where the next match was beginning.

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Next up was Saito versus Sanosuke, both of them glaring at one another before you blew the whistle and both of them immediately started pushing one another. It was actually kind of hard to track them since Kai and Kondo were standout at the fact the two dudes were literally clashing as if this were a sword fight.

Tho unsurprisingly Saito won, Sanosuke leaving the water a sulking mess and sitting down on his beach chair with a frown.

Koto immediately saw this as a chance to get both of you close, shoving you over to make you compliment the black haired boy on his skills.

“Sano, you did really well.” You mumbled, patting his head a few times with that same cheery smile you always had on when you were with Sanosuke.

He only hummed, watching you go back to the competition. With you now way out of sight, he sighed, his cheeks a warm pink as hearts flew above him. Safe to say he was whipped…

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Now, it was Tōdō versus Nagakura. And the whole fight was a comedic relief from Sanosuke and Saito.

At first, Kai was carrying Tōdō, and whilst getting into the water, they fell at least twice, whilst the others just watched, giggling amongst themselves.

After the fight started, they started shoving each other, Kai accidentally slipped on a rock and they both almost choked trying to get up. You had to literally call a time out so they can regain their dignity and confidence.

And the match re-started. Tho safe to say Nagakura won that one with Tōdō leaving a sulking mess underneath his towel. You had to cheer him up with a promise to buy him ice cream after the whole competition was over.

And you had to give him a kiss on the cheek to stop sulking—tho he was already in a much better attitude the second you came over to him. He was just milking your attention and wallet.

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And now, the forth round begins—

“Wait, where’s Genzaburou…?” You muttered, looking around with dotted eyes. Said man was on his beach chair, already on his fifth cocktail…

“He’s drunk, isn’t he…?” Koto muttered, shaking her head in disbelief as you only sighed, grabbing Yamanami’s wrist and hauling it up.

“Yamanami is the winner of this round my default! Now on with the next one!”

The green haired boy only nodded, noting the fact your hands were still as soft as always, and your cheery personality was once again showing.

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Ah… now it was Hijikata versus Saito… oh good lord you were praying to your creator to let this whole match be normal..

And it was everything but normal.

They were already throwing death glares at one another with those scary grins on their faces, whilst Kondo and Kai sweat dropped. Kondo would normally scold them, but he didn’t want to disturb the enthralling atmosphere.

And, once you blew the whistle (aka a shell you found to be said whistle), they were at each other’s throats.

Hair pulling, shoving one another’s face, wiggling so much that their support beams (Kondo and Kai) almost fell. It was a sight.

And somehow, Hijikata won… it left you flabbergasted and Saito a frustrated mess.

Walking over to the grumbling white haired samurai, you patted his shoulder. “You’ll get him next time, Saito. Dont beat yourself up over it okay?”

The next thing you knew you were wrapped in his arms, his teeth nibbling on your shoulder as he continued to curse Hijikata out.

“Eh??? Saito I’m not your damn chew toy, now let go!!” You yelled, shoving his face away. He only huffed, letting you go whilst you looked at your shoulder, bite marks on it. Thank god it was only that.

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Walking back over, you let the next round commence—Aka Yamanami versus Nagakura.

Tho you were a bit distracted this round, considering some guy continued to stare at you—and you noticed, you just didn’t say anything.

“…me]…? [Name]!” The girl next to you yelled, making you snap out of your thoughts and look over to her with a raised brow.

“Y-yeah? Sorry, I was a bit distracted.” You mumbled, your cheeks pink from embarrassment as Koto only sighed, waving over to see the fight.

Yamanami was in the water with a completely annoyed expression, whilst Nagakura stood atop Kai’s shoulders, a winning grin in his face.

“I won!!—“

“You’ll still need to go against Okita if you want to fight against Hijikata.” You hummed with dotted eyes, going over to call said man whilst Nagakura only stood there with his jaw on the sea floor. Yeah, he was done for.

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Next match, Nagakura versus Okita.

Safe to say Okita won with little to no struggle, considering he had a healthy enough body to withstand Onigo’s full presence. And a duo of those two was like swimming up to deaths door in a floaty.

Nagakura left with a sore back from hitting the water too hard and a bump on his head. You gave the clipboard to Koto and told her to carry out the next water fight between Hijikata and Okita whilst you went over to put some soothing cream on the boy that won third place.

Whilst going over to your beach chair, the same man that was staring at you earlier went over to you, leaning on your chair whilst you were searching through your bag for that cream.

“Hey there, sweetheart… say, how about you and I grab a drink—I’ll pay.” He hummed, eyeing you up and down whilst you completely froze, feeling a shiver run down your back as your feathers fluffed up in defence—aka fly away.

“S-sorry, sir… I’m not interested..” you mumbled, your voice low as you looked over at the man. He was good looking, that was for sure, but he was creepy… like extra super creepy looking.

“Come on, don’t be like that. You’ll only make me want you even more.” The boy whistled, walking over to you whilst you immediately shot up, your hands twitching in fear.

You took a step back, he took a step forward. It made your heart rate spike up.

“P-please leave me alone, sir. I’m not interested…”

“Come on, doll, you know you wa-“ he couldn’t even complete his sentence before a wooden nichirin sword hit him square in the head, knocking him unconscious.

“Bullseye!”

“Great job Okita”

“Mhm”

“I probably could’ve done better.”

“What an ass.” You heard Saito’s voice grumble, whilst you felt an arm wrap around you, pulling you into a side hug.

“You alright, [Name]?” Koto murmured, her voice low as you only sighed a breath of relief.

“I keep freezing up in situations like these…” you muttered, resting your head on Koto’s shoulder whilst your wings relaxed.

“It’s fine. Tho we seriously need to start training you to fight against people like this… what if we’re not here to protect you next timeee!!” Koto frowned, cradling you in her hold as if you were her child.

“Who won?” You asked, casting a side glance at the yellow haired woman whilst she only nodded at the shortest person in the group.

“Okita did. Hijikata was knocked down and almost fell unconscious.” Koto replied, whilst you looked over at Hijikata and tried not to giggle. He had a black eye and looked as if he’d gone through hell.

“I thought they were only shoving themselves?”

“Well someone wasn’t happy you weren’t watchi—

“[Name], [Name]!! What’s the prize for winning?!” Koto was rudely interrupted by Okita as he stopped right next to you, looking right at you. He was happy you were almost the same height—you were just possibly a few centimetres taller. Tho his hair did help with his height.

“I haven’t planned that out yet… but you still need to go up against Hijikata if you want to win first place.” you muttered, thinking about what sort of reward you could give the winner.

“How about a picnic with you? All alone, just both of us!” The boy happily hummed, completely ignoring the fact he still has to fight Hijikata if he wanted to be graced by your gift, swaying from side to side whilst you only nodded.

And unbeknownst to you Okita was talking about a date.

“What?! No, I’m not allowing it!” Eisaburou suddenly said, wrapping his hand around your wrist with a flabbergasted expression on his face, whilst Okita only grabbed your other hand and tugged.

“I think what you meant to say was ‘yes’ , Eisaburou!”

“I’m putting my foot down and saying no! It’s either no date or all of us coming to hang out!” he grumbled, tugging you towards him whilst you only sighed. Here we go again…

“Guys, I need to bring some soothing cream to Nagakura… so please let me go…” you mumbled, tugging at your own wrists—and they immediately let go, watching as you searched through your bag and took out said cream, your steps fading away as Okita suddenly dropped to his knees.

He wanted that damn date so bad! Why wouldn’t Eisaburou just let him!!! He’s acting as if it’s most of the Shinsengumi that has you or it’s no one…! It wasn’t fair!

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It wasn’t long before you waved your friends goodbye—

And before you ask, Okita didn’t feel like fighting Hijikata for whatever reason, so by default the taller boy was the winner.

You wanted to get home quicker and finally sleep since you were surprisingly tired… maybe you spent way too much time having fun and exhausted all of your strength that was left.

The day car and went, and before you knew it you were walking home alone, finally dried off and feeling a lot more better about yourself. What was meant to be a day that you would’ve probably spent it wrapped up under blankets just overthinking about your body was turned into a day that was filled with laughter and fun.

The Shinsengumi were good friends—even with their weirdness and the fact they exhausted you most of the time, and not to mention Koto was an amazing person for making you feel a lot more comfortable in your skin than you were before. Tho you wondered what happened to that man that was hitting on you earlier…

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“Make sure to pack him underneath the sand real nice, Saito!!” Okita hummed, sparing swords with Hijikata on the back as the sun set beneath the horizon.

Said white haired boy only hummed, hitting the man on the head with a shovel to get his own hidden frustration down. At least Hijikata won a date with his wife, whilst he still had to fight all these other men for your hand— it wasn’t fair!!

He threw the shovel away, looking down at the man with a scary grin.

Said man was buried with only his head sticking out near the waves. Every time a wave hit, his head was dragged underneath the water.

“If you even feel like you’re good enough for [Name], think again you brainless maggot…”

Those were the last words the buried man heard before his head was engulfed by a wave.

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That was it…! Hope yall liked it…. Also it isn’t proofread, I don’t have time to do that these days💔💔 plus there’s a chance I missed some TW, and I’m super sorry if I did that (T_T) I feel like I was rushing through most of the stuff and only showed the Shinsengumi only liking the reader because of their actions instead of their personality… (ಥ﹏ಥ)—BUT I TRIED MY BEST!! Okay, anyways, BYEEEE

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[kotowari16]

⚔The flag that connects us⚔

Today is the anniversary of Hijikata's death (according to the old calendar), so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to show my entry for the Hakuouki zine ( @ephemeralblossomszine). I knew right away that I wanted to do somthing with one of my favourites numbers in Musical Hakuouki Shinkai - Hijikata Toshizou hen. That number, The Flag that connects us, has the Shinsengumi members that passed on halfway remind those still struggling (Sano, Shin and Saitou) that their fight is far from over, and their vow to the Makoto no Hata still stands.

夢見た明日の前で倒れても Even if we fall before we reach the future we dreamed of 仲間に托して信じ抜けば if we entrust [our dream] to our friends and keep believing 辿り着けるはず 目指したあの場所へ we're sure we can reach the place we aimed for

In the end Hijikata appears saying that he got the message and that he will take care of it. They can leave it all to him (The song is set between him leaving Chizuru behind and her joining him in Ezo).

I always thought that was such a strong image and the choreo has been engraved in my mind. If not for the zine, I would have drawn someting for it anyways, but I'm glad I got the opportunity to do it this way.

Heisuke and Okita throwing petals is a small nod to the final HijiHen curtain call where they burried Kubota in petals.

I hope you like it as much as I do.

Feel free to support me on ko-fi. ☕

[blueneil]

From this to this but its sanbaka first time you meet them vs once you know them