"YOUR highness, I don't understand what—"

"SHUT IT!", shigaraki yelled. "you're disturbing yua's precious sleep to heaven".

chisaki froze. his eyes widened in shock along with kurono and the rest of chisaki's men.

did he hear shigaraki correctly? heaven? he couldn't mean...

"hm?? something wrong overhaul?"

chisaki clenched his fists. he glared at shigaraki. now he knew that shigaraki 100% knew of their plan. it was now or never.

"kurono, now", chisaki ordered, seething.

kurono quickly yelled, alerting the army outside the walls to come in to attack. dabi immediately stood in a protective stance in front of shigaraki.

shigaraki just grinned even wider. behind him, another army of people appeared. standing up and gently placing yua's body on his seat.

"please. don't think that I wouldn't be prepared. you might be smart, but you're not the only one with an army ready to fight". shigaraki took out his katana, pointing it at chisaki.

"come on now, let's dance".

without another moment, the palace became a war zone. arrows were flying all over the place and screams were heard.

battle cries rang through the field as samurais were being killed here and there. blood shed as chisaki gritted his teeth.

no matter how many people he killed, there just seemed to be more coming. he glanced around at his comrades. they seemed to be underperforming as time continued on.

"shit! this is not looking good", chisaki muttered, slashing down another soldier.

"something wrong?", shigaraki smirked, coming up from behind chisaki.

chisaki blocked shigaraki's attack, scowling at him.

"you fucking monster!! how dare you kill yua!"

"me?! I killed her?! DON'T FUCKING JOKE WITH ME!!", shigaraki growled, pushing his katana against chisaki's even more.

"don't fucking play with me! you're clearly the one that killed her!", chisaki accused.

"me?!", shigaraki scoffed. "please, if it wasn't for you, she might still be living! YOU were the one that used her for your stupid plan! YOU were the one that helped send her into the palace on my birthday so that she could catch my attention! YOU...it's you...who took her heart away", shigaraki whispered the last part, almost on the verge of another breakdown.

chisaki has never seen shigaraki look so down before. yet he didn't blame him. yua had a way of charming people, whether it was merely a few days or a few hours.

"I...". chisaki was speechless. for once in his life, he didn't know what to say.

"exactly. so shut the fuck up and die, you traitor!"

shigaraki charged towards chisaki once again, with every strike being harder and harder to block. right as chisaki felt he was on the verge of losing, a miracle happened.

"I'm sorry for being late overhaul!", a voice called out, making both shigaraki and chisaki look towards it.

"midoriya", chisaki breathed out.

"midoriya! are you fucking betraying me too?!"

shigaraki faced midoriya, totally forgetting about chisaki's existence for a moment.

midoriya looked towards yua's dead body. he then closed his eyes momentarily before looking at both shigaraki and chisaki with a determined look.

"someone once told me that there are times when a well-placed pawn is more powerful than a king", midoriya recited.

without missing a beat, midoriya led another army of samurais into the battlefield.

charging head on, shigaraki was now fighting both chisaki and midoriya at the same time. although midoriya was a bit weak, his quick thinking made up for it.

-♖-

shigaraki was tied up along with dabi and toga. the three were the only remaining people left from their side of force.

if it weren't for midoriya's aid, chisaki would've easily been in the position that shigaraki is in right now.

chisaki kneeled down, grabbing his katana and placing it right next to shigaraki's neck. shigaraki looked down at the ground, seeing how pathetic he was, kneeling beneath a daimyo that used to once serve under him.

"kill me already", shigaraki muttered. if he was going to die, he needn't waste anymore time living. as yua was gone, perhaps he could join her in the netherworlds.

"I hate you", chisaki stated, gripping the katana tighter. "I hate you so much".

shigaraki smiled. "then kill me. what? too afraid to?", he mocked.

"you know, when I forced yua to drink the poison, she didn't even hesitate. what a stupid woman", shigaraki laughed.

wrong.

shigaraki didn't think yua was stupid in the slightest. in fact, he believed that she had the power to rule her own empire, if given the chance.

chisaki gritted his teeth. without another word, he slit shigaraki's neck, causing blood to splatter against him and the floor.

toga and dabi were quick to bite their tongue, as they vowed to only follow shigaraki, and shigaraki alone.

chisaki dropped his katana, looking at the bloody field. after years and years of hard work, he finally earned what he believed he deserved.

the throne. the power. the glory.

he then walked over to yua's body, that was still laid perfectly on the seat. he looked at his hands that were blood filled. he couldn't possibly taint yua's pure body with his disgusting self.

"yua", chisaki quietly called out, kneeling beside the pale geisha.

"yua...I did it", chisaki mumbled.

chisaki took off his blood stained gloves, revealing a relatively clean pair of hands. he then took of his bird mask and black surgical mask.

chisaki gently caressed yua's wintry face. his golden hues became glossy. he felt his heart numb in pain as his thumb graced over yua's ashen lips.

he felt tears rolling down his face. chisaki couldn't help but bite the lower bottom of his lip. it wasn't his fault, is what he kept telling himself. it wasn't his fault that she ended up like this.

"yua, I miss you. please, come back", chisaki meekly cried out.

he was desperate. desperate to the bone. desperate to the core.

yet he knew, that no amount of desperation would bring his yua back to him.

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