memory bank

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– Awakening
– First meetings
– Comrades
– Home
– Mumyouken
– Failure
– Weakness
– Goodbye
– Summoning
– Reunions
– Toba
– KBC
– Loved
– Influence
– Hard work
– Companionable enemies
– Leadership
– Journeys
– Ikigai; reason for living
– Déjà vu
– Goodbye Redux

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xix - ikigai; reason for living

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(canon quote: "...You're right. Okita-kun's destiny can't be changed. I won't let it be changed... not by anyone!")

[Yamato returns to Ikedaya with the other Shinsengumi swords. Naturally, Ikedaya is full of painful memories--it's where Okita collapsed, and where Kashuu broke. Yamato is full of grief and wavers, desperately wanting to save the person he still considers to be his master. His love for and loyalty to Okita are stronger than ever--but at Izuminokami Kanesada's not-quite-warning, not-quite-reassurance, Yamato steels his resolve. Okita's life was not a failure, and his legacy does not deserve to be forgotten or erased. With that in mind, Yamato finds the strength to fight.]